Winter Plumbing

Winter plumbing

Winter could be harsh on plumbing system and could cause extensive plumbing repairs. Preventive actions could protect your plumbing system and avoid unnecessary plumbing problems and expenses.

Avoiding plumbing problems could be done with common Must Have Plumbing Tools. The most common winter plumbing problems:

Kitchen Sink – The Outside Wall:

To prevent this common plumbing problem you need to put portable heater under kitchen sink during extremely cold weather. Also you might want to improve pipes insulation.

Frozen pipes: learn more Frozen Pipes

Outside plumbing:

You will need to shut down the water supply and to drain the water from the basins or tanks. After you will need to remove the p-trap from the fixture and drain the water from it. Once it is done you can add a non toxic anti-freeze.

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