Emergency Preparedness:
Preventing Frozen Pipes and Turning Off Water in an Emergency
Back in your granddad’s day, they used to say that an ounce of prevention is worth several hundred gallons of water not flooding your basement. So let’s learn how to prevent your pipes from freezing, and how to turn your water off too.
It’s not that hard, but learning now will save you a lot of trouble later on.
In today’s lesson…
- Locating and closing your shutoff valves
- Using a drain port to empty pipes supplying outdoor faucets
- The old dripping faucet trick
- What to do if your pipes freeze
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Advanced Placement
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