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2. Here are steps to take to keep your water pipes safe during ...

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   Insulate pipes and outside faucets: Wrap pipes in unheated areas, such as garages or crawl spaces, with insulation to prevent freezing. Disconnect, drain and store garden hoses: Remove garden ...

3. Should You Cover Your Outdoor Faucets In The Winter? An ... - AOL

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   Experts recommend insulating outdoor faucets to prevent damage to pipes from freezing temperatures. A burst spigot can lead to water flowing against the side of the house or even making its way ...

4. Augusta temps to drop below freezing over the weekend - AOL

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   To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly." Here are some additional tips on how to protect pipes during a cold front: Before freezing weather

5. Thermal insulation - Wikipedia

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   Insulating these pipes using pipe insulation reduces energy into unoccupied rooms and prevents condensation from occurring on cold and chilled pipework. Pipe insulation is also used on water supply pipework to help delay pipe freezing for an acceptable length of time. Mechanical insulation is commonly installed in industrial and commercial ...

6. Trace heating - Wikipedia

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   This protects the pipe from freezing. [1] Electric heat tracing, heat tape or surface heating, is a system used to maintain or raise the temperature of pipes and vessels using heat tracing cables. Trace heating takes the form of an electrical heating element run in physical contact along the length of

7. Vapor barrier - Wikipedia

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   A heating degree day is a unit that measures how often outdoor daily dry-bulb temperatures fall below an assumed base, normally 18 °C (65 °F). [4] For building in most parts of North America, where winter heating conditions predominate, vapor barrier are placed toward the interior, heated side of insulation in the assembly.