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Cold temperatures in Fort Meade can bring the danger of frozen pipes. When it’s cold outside, it’s important to take preventative measures to keep your pipes from freezing. And, if they’ve frozen already, you need to get them thawed quickly, before they burst.
Especially if you have outside pipes, plumbing located in external walls, or pipes in unheated spaces, you need to be extra careful.
Several simple steps can help prevent frozen pipes.
- Leave the faucet dripping at a slight trickle. The moving water won’t be able to freeze solid, negating the danger of burst pipes.
- Keep your pipes warm. This can be achieved in many different ways, from installing a portable heater near problem pipes to wrapping pipes in insulation.
Once you’ve put precautions in place, be sure to routinely inspect your plumbing. A frozen pipe is obvious if no water comes out of the faucet, but they can also be detected visually. Pipes with frost on the outside, those covered in ice, and ones that are bulging or appear to have small fissures are frozen. Once the plumbing begins to bulge, it is critical that the pipe be defrosted immediately, as bursting is imminent.
Lakeland Plumbers, LLC, your Fort Meade plumber, handles almost any plumbing project from small to large scale in the Fort Meade area. Our plumbing experts have experience in many different environments, performing home plumbing repairs, installations, troubleshooting in any residential setting.
