Tag: winter plumbing
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Thawing Wisdom- A Guide for Edmonton Homeowners With Frozen Pipes
Chill in the air, frost on the windows, and a surprise – frozen pipes! The Northern lights and winter in Edmonton may be amazing, but when your home’s plumbing starts to play its own icy symphony, it’s time to take action. Do you have a game plan? Do you know how to thaw frozen pipes?…
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How to Prevent Frozen Pipes
In chilly Alberta winters, water lines can freeze if frost is pushed below the waterline. The pipes in your home can also freeze due to extreme temperatures, wind chills, or furnace failures which result in no heat in your home. You should be familiar with how to prevent your pipes from freezing, and what to…
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Winterizing Your Cabin Or Camper Trailer
After Thanksgiving, it is usually time to close down your seasonal cabin, trailer or vacation house for the winter. One of the biggest issues is preventing your pipes from freezing during the off-season, which is a very common problem. You should partially winterize any time the residence is not used full-time or when it will…
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How to Handle a Burst Pipe (in Winter)
Northern Alberta is under an Extreme Cold Warning with wind chill values of -40 to -45 expected to persist into Saturday. This is frozen and burst pipe weather. We’ve written about how to prevent and thaw frozen pipes, but what happens if it’s too late for that? Hopefully you can thaw the frozen area or…