With winter slowly approaching it may be a good time to check your plumbing to prevent your plumbing pipes from freezing when the temperature starts to go down. When water freezes it will expand inside the pipes. When it expands enough it can cause the frozen pipes to burst resulting in serious damage to your home and plumbing. So it better to prevent frozen pipes with some DIY Plumbing then to have to call a plumber to fix them after they break.
The water inside the pipe freezes when the heat of the water is transferred from the water to the surrounding (subfreezing) air. The best ways to keep pipes from freezing is to minimize or stop this transfer of heat by installing sufficient insulation and small holes and cracks should be sealed off to keep the cold air from entering the building and reaching the pipes. The more insulation you use, the better protected your pipes will be.
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