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If your pipes burst, move the faux wood blinds
Filed Under (Bamboo Shades, Blackout Window Blinds, Blinds Shades, Cheap Mini Blinds, Curtains Blinds, Faux Wood Blinds) by Jake Holenback on 23-03-2010
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So we are heading into winter and there will be a lot of people out there wanting to keep themselves safe from a number of household issues. Just because you think your pipes face a certain direction to the sun won’t help you avoid this nasty disaster. In fact the change in temperature from night to day during the winter is called a freeze cycle when it dips below 32 and then raises above it. This puts serious pressure on the metal of the pipe.
Maybe the thought has even crossed your mind that in a pinch you could manually warm up the pipes with a hair dryer. The danger here is that you are thawing out ice, ice turns into water, water gathers in pools – remember the tag on the hair dryer that says don’t operate near open water – this is why its there. Your pipes are constantly exposed to the cold air flowing through the home from cracks to open doors.
There are a number of ways to skin a cat, same goes for keeping your pipes together – just choose one that fits you the best. Leave open the cabinets under the sink to allow the warm air from the kitchen to heat the pipes. Any extra lamps laying around; use them to heat the pipes by placing them in near the pipe with the cupboard doors open. The oldest trick in the book is to just leave the pipe dripping at a slow pace, this keeps the water moving and prevents it from freezing.
A slightly more expensive option would be to have all your weather stripping throughout the home up-graded. You can also seal the door, wall and floor joists with this same foam preventing cold air entry. If the access door to your crawl space is above ground and or in a heated part of the home you can place a fan to shoot warm air from the home under the floor to heat the pipes.
If you are having problems all the time with frozen pipes and you have located the pipes in question behind a wall, you need to consider cutting a hole in the dry wall to allow the cold air out and the warm air in. Take things around the pipes down to avoid further home repair, even if they are just the faux wood blinds.
Learn more about faux wood blinds. Stop by Brent Herman’s site where you can find out all about Faux Wood Blinds now.
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