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2. How homeowners can prevent pipes from freezing during winter

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   If a faucet or pipe ends up freezing inside the house, it can be thawed by using an electric hair dryer, wrapping an electric heat pad around the pipe or by soaking towels in hot water and ...

3. How to Fix Your Frozen Pipes, According to Experts - AOL

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   The best way to prevent frozen pipes is to leave a steady trickle (not a full blast) running in at least one of your faucets overnight. The constant stream of running water will prevent the pipes ...

4. How to prevent pipes from freezing in your home (and how to ...

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   The best way to deal with frozen pipes in the winter is to prevent your pipes from freezing at all. So, take the proper precautions to ensure you don't end up in that situation. Drain all water ...

5. How to prevent your pipes from freezing in winter - AOL

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6. Pipe insulation - Wikipedia

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   Pipe insulation cannot prevent the freezing of standing water in pipework, but it can increase the time required for freezing to occur—thereby reducing the risk of the water in the pipes freezing. For this reason, it is recommended to insulate pipework at risk of freezing, and local water-supply regulations may require pipe insulation be ...

7. Trace heating - Wikipedia

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   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 a pipe.

8. Winterization - Wikipedia

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   Equipment designed for use in particularly extreme cold conditions (such as the polar regions) also undergoes a "winterization" process.Many complex devices (automobiles, electronics and radios) as well as common materials (metals, rubbers, petroleum lubricants) are not designed to operate at extremely low temperatures and must be winterized to operate without severe damage from the elements ...

9. Experts explain how to keep your pipes from freezing and the ...

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   To help with warming up the pipes, Gholson said that people can use a space heater or even wrap hot towels around the pipes. However, one absolute no-no is using an open flame to warm things up.