Winter weather requires a different kind of plumbing maintenance. It’s important to create a plumbing checklist to make sure nothing is missed.
To help you create the optimal plumbing checklist for your home, we’ve put together a few checkpoints of our own to assist you:
▪ Change out your furnace filter (should be completed once a month.)
▪ Remove all flammable material from the area surrounding your furnace.
Get the Fireplace Ready
▪ To keep out rodents and birds, cap or screen the top of the chimney.
▪ Remove soot and creosote from the chimney.
▪ Purchase chop/firewood, and then store it in a dry place away from the home’s exterior.
▪ Inspect the fireplace damper for correct opening and closing.
Prevent Plumbing Freezes
▪ Find your water main in case you need to shut it off during an emergency
▪ Drain all garden hoses
▪ Insulate exposed pipes
▪ Drain all AC pipes
▪ If you leave your home for vacation, set the heat to 55 degrees.
I found this article to be very informative. A fireplace is a great feature to use in the home that allows you to save on your heating bill. If you dont follow these tips you will need a plumbing repair man to help fix your home. Winter weather can really affect your house.
ReplyDeleteWinter is certainly bad news for plumbing because water freezes over. And when water freezes, it expands! And when it expends uncontrollably, the pipe can burst and water can leak and cause damage. However, freezing is unavoidable sometimes. So, it would be advisable to let the faucet drip for a while. That way, it can provide relief from the excessive water pressure that is building between pipes.
ReplyDelete@Darryl Iorio
The best thing you could to do to prevent problems during the winter is to check the condition of your plumbing system before the winter. See if the pipes and drains are still in it optimal condition or if there’s something that needs to be fixed. Make sure that your system is prepared for the worst.
ReplyDeleteAlthea Tumlin
Wintertime is certainly trouble for startdrain plumbing because water freezes over. And when water ices up, it increases! And also when it expends uncontrollably, the pipe can rupture as well as water can leak as well as create damages. Nonetheless, cold is inevitable occasionally. So, it would certainly be recommended to allow the tap drip for some time. In this way, it can give relief from the extreme water pressure that is constructing in between pipes res plumbing.
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