5 things you should do (and one thing you should NEVER do) if your pipes freeze

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Virginia State Richmond - My mother advises you whenever the temperature gets below freezing: "Please check the drip tap."

Opening the faucet during a cold and cold season will help prevent pipes from freezing and exploding. But do you know how many taps work at once? Do you know which faucet is most effective for preventing freezing?

Captain Daniel Rosenbaum, a fire spokesman for Henrico (Virginia), said: "When water comes in from the front of the house, look at the sink behind the house, in this way the water will flow through all the pipes at the bottom of the house."

By keeping the water temperature, you can reduce the energy required to warm the water during the cold winter.

Place an insulated dome or other cover on the outdoor faucet and faucet to reduce the possibility that the water pipe freezes, expands, and causes expensive leakage

The pressure in the piping rises because it drips slowly from the faucet. Even if the pipe is frozen, the release pressure of the water supply system reduces the possibility of cracking. If the pipeline freezes, you need to do five things. Do not do one thing.

Please leave the faucet open. When the frozen area begins to melt, water flows and tap water helps to melt the ice in the pipe

Heat is applied to the frozen part using a heating pad wrapped around the pipe, a dryer, or a towel immersed in hot water.

Please use portable heating equipment to keep away from inflammable materials and heat below the house. Please do not leave unmanned heater

If you can not find a freezing area, do not enter that area, or if you can not freeze the pipe, contact an authorized plumber.

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