Is your home ready for winter?

12/14/2020 (Permalink)

Frozen fountain in the depths of winter.

Is your home ready for winter?

Making sure your home is properly secure for winter is the best way to prevent water damage in the future.  We here at SERVPRO of East Evansville want to provide some helpful tips to help prepare your home for the upcoming witnter months. In the winter months, pipe breaks and leaks make your home more susceptible to water damage. If you are in need of winter water damage assistance call us immediately at (812)-471-3132. Read on for tips to prevent winter water damage in the future.

Helpful Tips

Here are some handy tips that we found on the American Red Cross website:

Keep garage doors closed if there are water supply lines in the garage.

Open kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors to allow warmer air to circulate around the plumbing. Be sure to move any harmful cleaners and household chemicals up out of the reach of children.

When the weather is very cold outside, let the cold water drip from the faucet served by exposed pipes. Running water through the pipe - even at a trickle - helps prevent pipes from freezing.

Keep the thermostat set to the same temperature both during the day and at night.

If you will be going away during cold weather, leave the heat on in your home, set to a temperature no lower than 55° F.