| The first step to keeping the pipes in your home from | | | | water keeps the water moving through the pipes. |
| freezing in below freezing temperatures is to be | | | | Water is less likely to freeze if it is moving. |
| proactive. Plan ahead. Don't wait till the pipe burst | | | | If you have a vacation home, camper trailer, or a |
| before taking action. Begin my making sure all exterior | | | | home that will be vacant for the winter and you are |
| wall pipes are well insulted during the fall even summer | | | | worried the pipes may freeze and burst read the tips |
| months. If you wait till you need it than more than likely | | | | to protect your pipes while you are gone. Make sure all |
| the store will be out due to multiple people needing | | | | pipes are insulted. Next, make sure all faucets are |
| supplies. | | | | turned off and the water is drained. Disconnect all |
| Next, keep up with the weather predictions for the | | | | garden hoses from the faucet outside. Drain all water |
| week. If the meteorologist is calling for below freezing | | | | and hang your hoses. |
| temperatures consider taking the following steps. First, | | | | This will protect them from freezing. Consider putting |
| make sure to leave cabinet doors open if there are | | | | antifreeze in the indoor pipes. Even drain the toilet tank |
| pipes within the cabinet. Example, open the cabinet | | | | and pour antifreeze in the bowl of the toilet. There is |
| doors under the kitchen sink wide. This will supply the | | | | antifreeze made to winterize camper trailers and |
| pipes heat from the interior room. Next, turn the | | | | buses that is safe to put in your drinking lines. If no one |
| faucets on throughout the house to a drip during the | | | | will be drinking or turning on the water this is the best |
| whole time of the freeze. Even if the freeze lasts for | | | | way to secure the pipes for an extreme freeze. Once |
| days or weeks, keep the water dripping. You may be | | | | the winter season has ended and all fears of freezing |
| worried about your water bill, but this will cost less than | | | | is over, then flush all lines till the water runs clear. |
| having to repair broken pipes. The dripping of the | | | | |