With the cold weather slowly moving on, the warmer temperatures will mean melting snow and ice, and also problems with pipes and water drainage. The heavy snow cover has actually protected many of your pipes from freezing and bursting, a situation that as with the weather can change quickly. Then, it may be time to call in the plumber.

Nationwide, plumbers have had no shortage of work over the past couple of months. For many years, it was not good business sense for plumbing services companies operating in the Southern States to invest in plumbing equipment to thaw frozen pipes. The last couple of years, it has however been a popular service in demand.

In some parts of the country, pipes have been subject to freezing the past months. In other States however the snow has protected the pipes from freezing. Plumbers in those areas now have personnel on stand-by in anticipation of what the current warmer temperatures will do to the frozen pipes. Ater a period of very cold weather such as the past two months, the risk of your plumbing and pipes freezing up, especially in smaller houses, greatly increases.

It is not just the cold weather and the changing temperatures that are to blame. Plumbing problems are often a construction error. Often enough the frozen pipes are not properly insulated to protect them from freezing during the winter.

Construction, Plumbing & HVAC manuals advise, that when needed, it is a good idea to keep the faucet open to maintain a steady flow of water through pipes to keep the pipes from freezing up.

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