How to avoid a pipe freezing at your house-

 When water freezes in a tube, it expands in the same way. If stretched enough, the tube bursts, water escapes, and a huge bill hits you. Water freezes when the heat in the water transfers to cold air very quickly. The plumbers in Hemet, CA have issued a set of suggestions that you can use to prevent a pipe freeze.

• Run heating tapes and cables along your plumbing. This will slow down the heat transfer.

• Keep the thermostat at the same temperature, day and night.

• Place a lamp with a 60-watt bulb in the potential problem area to warm walls and pipes.

• If the water pipes freeze inside the outside wall, cut a hole in the wall to expose the pipes to the warm home air. Lay fiberglass insulation behind the pipes and between the pipes and the outside wall of the house. The hole in the wall can later be covered with a hinged door or panel that can be removed during cold spells.

• When water freezes in a tube, it expands in the same way. If stretched enough, the tube bursts, water escapes, and a huge bill hits you. Water freezes when the heat in the water transfers to cold air very quickly.

• Leave cabinet doors open. It is a good idea to keep cabinets open during the winter so that the warm air circulating in the room collides with the cold pipes. If you don't want all of the cabinets open, at least make sure that the cabinets under the kitchen and the bathroom sinks are open.

• Let the cold water drip from the faucet. If the pipes are about to freeze or are exposed to very cold weather, the water temperature will decrease slightly. The colder the water, the better the water pipes should freeze. Therefore, you must let the cold water drip from the faucet.

If you find a burst tube in your home, call the Plumbers In Hemet Ca now.