Cincinnati, Ohio (PRWEB) December 26, 2012 -- It happens every year: people make New Year’s resolutions to save more money, but they forget to prevent their plumbing from becoming a money eater. As a result, winter is one of the busiest times for plumbers. Plumbers frequently spend the winter months fixing frozen pipes.

Roto-Rooter plumbers are proud to be of service in an emergency. However, they know most people prefer to prevent a plumbing problem rather than deal with costly repairs.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 27, 2012 -- When pipes freeze, water pressure builds causing cracks, whether the pipe is made of plastic, copper or steel. Even a tiny crack can unleash 250 gallons of water in a single day.  Cracked pipes are one thing but, the real problem comes when the pipes begin to unfreeze.  If you're planning on traveling for the holiday season, take the proper steps to ensure your home's plumbing system will survive the cold and your house is protected from disaster.

If you have a house sitter, leave them instructions for turning off the main water supply to your home, should a problem arise.

Carnarvon, Ontario (PRWEB) February 02, 2012 -- It has been more than five years since Chief Blair Arthur of the Municipality of Shuniah Fire Department contacted Heat-Line Corporation (http://www.heatline.com), a Canadian company that specializes in state of the art freeze protection solutions, looking for help with a serious and potentially dangerous problem that plagues fire departments in places where temperatures fall below freezing. Chief Arthur wanted to find a way to keep his department’s fire trucks, pumper tanks and portable pumps from freezing during the cold winter months in Shuniah, a northern Ontario community located near Thunder Bay. Within days of being contacted, Heat-Line had developed a freeze protect solution called the Arthur Heater Kompensator, named after Fire Chief Arthur. Five years later, the chief is still impressed with how well the product works.

LUBBOCK, TX -- Although the South Plains is expected to warm up during the remainder of the week, Lubbock residents were prompted to keep their heaters on to prevent frozen pipes as overnight temperatures continue to remain below freezing.

When the temperatures reached the single digits last week, local plumbing companies had their hands full responding to calls of frozen drains, burst or shattered pipes, fire sprinkler leaks or broken heaters.

From Feb. 2 to Feb. 4, the region experienced freezing temperatures, 1 to 3 inches of snow and very low wind chill levels, according to the National Weather Service.

As the temperatures continue to plummet, more and more water pipes are bursting and the phone lines to Tucson area plumbers are heating up. Hundreds of phone calls, all reporting the same problem: frozen water pipes. Busted pipes means big business for Tucson plumbers, with plumbing techniciansbeing dispatched from the Oro Valley to Vail.

Metro Water said they've received 200 phone calls and around 50 people are left without water on the Northwest side due to frozen pipes.

DENVER, CO -- When many denver metro area residents opened their shower faucets this Wednesday morning, not a single drop of water came out. The sign of a frozen pipe! Since then plumbers have been working nearly round the clock trying to thaw out frozen pipes.

Plumbing technician say homeowners can take several steps to protect their pipes, among them: