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Frozen Pipe Prevention

frozen plumbing in Dalton Ohio, Prestige Plumbing

With cooler temps getting closer by the day, it's important to make sure your home or business is ready for the dangers that come along with them. Frozen pipes are one of the most common plumbing emergencies despite only being a concern for a few months of the year. Frozen pipes lead to not being able to use your water, and can burst leading to flooding. Even if your pipes don't burst, there can be damage done from the ice expanding inside of them. We have a few simple tips to help keep your water flowing freely through your pipes. 

Keeping your residential or commercial property warm can go a long way with avoiding frozen pipes. This might seem like a common sense answer however when people leave for holiday trips, they often times turn the thermostat up to save money on heating costs. This small temperature adjustment can be just enough to allow freezing to happen. Keeping the home about 55 degrees is recommended. 

Allowing the faucet to drip can keep just enough water flow moving through the pipes to help avoid freezing. If you have a faucet with just a single handle, you should set it to warm water but if you have a dual tap system, you should turn both on slightly. Should your plumbing still freeze up, having the faucet open will help relieve the pressure that causes pipes to burst. 

If temperatures drop extremely low in your area, applying heating tape to the plumbing in your Dover Massillon area home can give the extra needed warmth for plumbing protection. Heating tape is essential a heated blanket for your plumbing and can be found at most home improvement stores. You do have two options, one that automatically turns on when the pipes reach a certain temperature reading, and one that has to manually turned on and off. Both of these are best for short sections of pipe, and should be used carefully. 

Opening cabinet doors that have plumbing running through them can also help keep warm air around them. Keeping the doors closed traps cooler air in. Adding additional insulation around the each reach plumbing, like inside cabinets, can help ensure your pipes don't freeze up, too. Foam rubber or fiberglass insulation sleeves are made for plumbing to offer easy install extra insulation. Pipes in areas like the attic and basement can also be easily fit with additional insulation for protection. 

We here at Prestige Plumbing understand that even when we think our plumbing is prepared for the cold, emergencies still happen. Prestige Plumbing offers emergency plumbing services to the Massillon Dover Ohio area. For more about Prestige Plumbing and our services, please visit our residential and commercial plumbing website. 
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