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If you own a vacation home here in arabian acres, or if you will be gone for a long period of time during the winder months, please be sure to shut off your water where it enters the house, or ask the AAMETRO district to turn off water to your house. Please do the same if you are in the process of selling, or any time you will be out of the house for more than a few days. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HOMEOWNER WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF WATER LOSS AND OPERATOR COSTS FOR A PIPE BREAK THAT CAUSES WATER LOSS FROM THE SYSTEM! (These costs can range into the 10's of thousands of dollars.)We have had a high number of frozen pipes that have burst in the last few months in vacation/vacant homes.
Preventing Frozen Pipes
(There are a few things you can do to prevent the problem of freezing pipes from occurring again)
* Leave the faucet drip slightly as a trickle. The dripping water will keep the water in the pipe from freezing.
* Open kitchen base cabinets and let room air circulate.
* Open kitchen base cabinets and place a small portable heater near or in it to heat the pipes. (If they are frozen already)
* Wrap the problem pipe with electrical heat tape.
* Insulate the problem pipes with foam insulation wrap, especially those that run through unheated spaces.
* Temper the currently unheated crawlspace by placing a heater in the crawlspace. You just need to elevate the crawlspace temperature to modestly above freezing, about 40°F.
