Merry Christmas plumbing tip reminder
Portland Plumbing Tip
Remember to protect your home from freeze damage. Always pay extra attention to your hose bibs. Hose bib lines are the most common to suffer from freeze damage. Taking these necessary steps will help prevent expense plumbing repairs latter.
1. Disconnect and drain your garden hoses and store them indoors. Never leave garden hoses connected to hose bibs. The results could be very costly. Most freeze breaks occur with in walls costing home owner lots of hard earned money.
2. Shut off the valves inside your home that supply water to your outside faucets These valves are usually located under sinks in cabinet’s and sometimes above water heaters. Once that is done, you should drain those valves by unscrewing the little cap on the side of the valve and turning hose bib in open position. Be careful when draining shut off valves you may need to catch some water. Also monitor valves after each use for continues leakage. If water does not stop shortly after be sure to call a Portland Plumbing contractor.
3. Be sure to wrap pipes and valves in unheated areas of your home with heat tape or cover with pipe insulation.
4.Turn off your irrigation system and drain water from the lines. Water left in the system have the potential of freezing and causing damage to occur.
following these important Portland Plumbing steps can help prevent costly repairs later and save you from calling a Plumbing contractor.
Always take precaution when turning on or off hose bib shut off valves, some valves maybe located in difficult to reach area’s. If you are have problems locating these shut off valve, give extra attention to under sinks and above or near water heaters. If you still can not locate theses shut off valves call your Portland Plumbing contractor. Good luck and best wishes from All Plumbing Services – your local Portland Plumbing contractor.
