7 Tips To Prevent Your Pipes From Freezing

Dallas weather is unpredictable, we know that. This is why it's important to keep an eye out for changes in temperature as these can affect your house, particularly its plumbing. The following seven tips will help you prevent your pipes from freezing and save you lots of money, because the last thing you want is for one of the pipes to freeze, burst, and become a large headache, for your pocket, time, and the insurance company.

1. Let cold water drip. That's right. Though it may sound wasteful, it's imperative that you let your faucets drip, just a little, when temperatures drop below 35 degrees. This continued movement keeps their heart rate up and can prevent the water from freezing within the pipes.
2. Keep the thermostat set to the same temperature. Maintaining your home thermostat stable regardless of the weather changes, will allow you to offer your thermostat sanity and continue to work to its full potential. 
3. Keep the garage door closed. Keeping your garage door closed, specially if there are water supply lines in the garage, will help you keep your home temperature leveled and prevent internal pipes from freezing.
4. Open the cabinet doors. This one raises some eyebrows, but it helps. Keeping the cabinet doors in the bathrooms and kitchen open to let warmer air circulate around the pipes helps to prevent the pipes from staying within a cool enclosed  environment, which can encourage the water within the pipes to freeze, expand, and burst.
5. Insulation is key. Make sure your house has insulation, particularly in the basement, attics, crawl spaces, and exposed water pipes. Not sure if it does? Give us a call and we will run a plumbing inspection, provide you with your options, and help you get your house ready.
6. Disconnect water hoses from outside faucets. This is one of the first things to tackle when you hear that temperatures will drop to freezing levels. Go out, disconnect the water hoses, and...
7. Wrap or cover outside faucets. Think of it as putting a sweater on your outside faucets and exposed pipes. Try to keep them warm so the water within them won't freeze, expand and burst. Remember that a pipe may burst anywhere in your house, not only on the exposed parts, that's why protecting them from cold temperates is important.

Got questions? Give us a call at 214-328-7371 or email us at metroflow@metroflowplumbing.com. We are here for you 24/7 and ready to assist you any way we can.
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