Remember to Winterize Your Home
Posted by Jeff Sallan on
As temperatures drop this winter, you can avoid the expense and trouble of frozen water lines at your home or business by taking these simple precautions:
- If you have water pipes in an unheated garage or a crawl space under the house, wrap them with insulation. Hardware and home improvement stores carry appropriate pipe-wrapping tape.
- Close the foundation or exterior vents around your house to keep freezing air out of crawl spaces. In addition, seal off access doors, air vents and cracks. Cold winds can quickly freeze exposed pipes. Remember to avoid plugging air vents that your furnace or water heater needs for circulation and safe operation.
- Adjust your home thermostat. During hard freezes or when you’re away from your home for an extended…
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