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New houses suffer from cold weather
8 hours ago ago from KEN'S Corner & The Real News...
The extreme cold of this past week has taken a toll on homes some of them on new homes. Many owners have reported broken water pipes and water damage from that breakage. Andrew Barkis of Home Town Property Management says of the 900 rental units they manage, some two dozen have suffered broken water pipes. Barkis said several new houses have had broken pipes due to lack of proper insulation. In one housing development, new owners ...
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14 hours ago ago from Washington Insurance Blog
Just in case you're one of the unlucky people whose pipes have frozen - like yours truly - here's some good tips to follow: Minimize the chance your pipes will freeze by insulating pipes in unheated areas and those that run along outside walls, floors and ceilings. Disconnect outside garden hoses, and seal foundation cracks that let arctic air freeze pipes in crawlspaces. A few simple tasks can help protect pipes and homes even as the ...
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1 day ago ago from The Medford 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Medford, OR
With nighttime temperatures plummeting to the mid- or low teens, homeowners are being advised to keep pets inside and take some simple steps to keep pipes from freezing and bursting. View original post here: Plumbers give advice to avoid frozen pipes
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1 day ago ago from Aftermath News
Frigid Temps Are Freezing Pipes And Causing Problems KIROTV | Dec 10, 2009 SEATTLE Record-low temperatures are not only making people shiver, but are freezing pipes and causing extensive damage. Low temperatures early Thursday broke cold-weather records as forecasters warned of a chance of snow flurries Friday and through the weekend. The low at Sea-Tac Airport was 16, the coldest temperature since December, 2008. The previous ...
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5 hours ago ago from Old House Web Blog
That’s two-thousand dollars in water damage from a frozen pipe that burst. That’s in addition to the $250.00 for the repair of the pipe. I see this at least once each year. This year I’m seeing it a lot more than usual, since a majority of the homes I inspect are vacant, and many are bank owned. I’m not talking about homes that have no heat or windows missing. I’m talking about homes that have had a simple seasonal maintenance task ...
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