How to Prepare Your Plumbing System for Winter
                     How to Prepare Your 
Plumbing System for Winter
  Introduction
Winters are notoriously unpredictable and brutal 
with snow, rain, and sub-zero temperatures. In this 
season, it becomes vital to keep your home 
especially plumbing fittings ready for winters. An 
undetermined cold snap can lead to a burst or frozen 
pipe and costly damage. To avoid such situations 
you must prepare the plumbing system of your 
home before it happens. So, here are some helpful 
tips through which you can prepare your plumbing 
system for winters. 
Winterize The Faucets 
The outdoor faucets are always exposed to the 
elements year-round, so you need to keep them safe 
especially in winters. Before snow hits, it is 
important to turn off, cover the hose bibs, drain the 
garden hose, and shut off the water to outdoor 
faucets. By doing this, you can protect them from 
those damages that can be caused by water 
expanding as it freezes.
Check For Exposed Pipes
Frozen pipes are one of the greatest threats that 
homeowners face in winter months. To protect them, 
you need to insulate exposed water pipes in unheated 
areas in your home. It is also good to insulate other 
areas of your home like garage doors to keep them 
safe. 
Inspect your furnace
The furnace is one of the essential parts of your plumbing 
system which needs to be prepared for winters. It is 
because, if the furnace fails, the first thing which comes 
under risk is pipes that lead to bursting and freezing due to 
the drop in temperature. While preparing them, make sure 
your furnace is working correctly.
Service The Water Heater
Water heaters are another plumbing system that 
needs to check before the arrival of winter. 
Make sure that they are working well. So, before 
winters, drain the water heater and have a 
maintenance check performed.
 
Though these are some tips that you can do yourself. But it is 
always recommended to hire certified plumbers in Geelong to 
help you to do it in the right way.
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