An effective way to help protect your home from costly water damage. Flooding and water damage caused by aging, faulty and defective plumbing and appliances cost homeowners billions of dollars each year. Washing machine hoses split, pipes freeze and burst, dishwashers leak, toilets overflow, and water heaters fail – all resulting in needless expensive property damage. Often the property that
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As temperatures drop below freezing, many homeowners and businesses face the inconvenience and expense that come with frozen water pipes. While we know to bundle ourselves up to keep warm many people forget to check to make sure their pipes stay warm as well. Ice forming in a pipe does not typically cause a break where the ice blockage occurs.
What Causes Frozen Pipes? The water inside pipes can freeze when outdoor temperatures drop below freezing. As freezing water expands, it causes the pressure inside the pipes to increase, possibly leading to bursting pipes. Prevent Frozen Pipes Insulate pipes, especially those close to outside walls, attics or crawl spaces where the chance of freezing is greatest. Seal air leaks
Are you a snowbird? At the MVR Agency many of our clients live in the northeast and have a second home in a warmer place for the winter. They want to go away when the weather is cold and crummy then come back to have their home just the way they left it! Have you heard of those awful stories