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Frozen Pipes: 2 Tips to Prevent Water Damage

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For Minnesota and Wisconsin, freezing temperatures have already set in, and with that drop comes substantial threats to your property without the commercial water damage, commercial water damage Sauk Rapids, flood remediation Sauk Rapids, flooded apartment cleanup Sauk Rapids, flooded apartment cleanup, frozen pipe repair Sauk Rapids, frozen pipe repair, frozen pipe water damage Sauk Rapids, frozen pipe water damage, frozen pipes in house Sauk Rapids, frozen pipes in house, frozen pipes water removal Sauk Rapids, frozen pipes, water removal, water removal Sauk Rapids, frozen water pipes Sauk Rapids, frozen water pipes, frozen water pipes Sauk Rapids, home water damage Sauk Rapids, pipe freezing Sauk Rapids, pipe freezing, Water Damage Company Sauk Rapids, Water Damage Sauk Rapids, Water Damage Repair Sauk Rapids, Water Damage Restoration Sauk Rapids, Water Damage Specialist Sauk Rapids, Water Restoration Company Sauk Rapids appropriate precautions.  When water freezes, it expands by about 9%.  And if it freezes inside of your outside water faucet or related piping, this expansion can exert over 100,000 psi of force, which is more than enough to rupture your faucet or pipe, causing a flood inside your home or cabin/cottage.

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Below are some tips to help prevent frozen pipe water damage.  However, the EXTREME COLD can still cause frozen pipes.

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#1 Drain Outside Water Spigot/Faucet/Valve

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Find the valve inside your home that is the closest valve to the wall of the pipe that goes through to your outside water faucet.  Turn it off.

STEP 2: Drain the Inside the Valve (also called a “Bleeder Cap”)

Unscrew drain plug from the inside valve.  Place a small bucket under this inside valve, and unscrew the small drain plug on the side of this valve.  This will allow the water in the valve to drain out.  Leave this open until finishing with STEP 7.  ***If you don’t have a bleeder cap, skip STEP 2***

 

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STEP 4: Unscrew the Back Flow Preventer (if you have one)

STEP 5: Open/Turn-on the Outside Spigot/Faucet/Valve and allow any trapped water out.  Then close/turn/shut it off.

STEP 6: Screw back on the Back Flow Preventer and close/turn/shut off the exterior valve.

STEP 7: Go back inside your home to the inside valve, and tighten/put back on the Bleeder Cap.  ***Again if you don’t have a Bleeder Cap, skip this***

Insulated Spigot/Faucet/ Valve Covers.  Cover the outside water spigot.

 

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#2 Insulate Exposed Pipe(s)

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Final thought…the garden hose

And finally, we recommend that you be sure to disconnect your garden hose from your outside water faucet.  There are a couple of reasons for this: if there is water in the house, and this freezes, then the expansion of the frozen water can push back into your valve and damage it; and we suggest that you drain your hose and bring it into your garage or basement for the winter, rather than leave it outside where the water in it can freeze and damage it.  If you are going to leave it outside in a shed, then we suggest that you completely drain or use a compressor to remove all of the water from it.

If you experience frozen pipe water damage, contact St. Cloud Water Damage Specialist 24/7 for immediate water extraction at (320) 249-0204.

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