Reducing the risk of water damage

Home About FlowStop Contact Us FAQ Water Water Damage Reducing the Risk Insurance Info HydroStopper Fact Sheet Installation Instructions Survey Please participate in our survey Survey Results Order How To Order Warranty Statement Privacy Statement Copyright	Here's how you can decrease the risk of water damage to your home. Water heaters should be checked regullary. If you need to replace your water heater, explore the possibility of moving it to the garage. Hoses on washing machines should be replaced every four years. Replace with heavy-duty hoses, and install the HydroStopper. The faucets for the washing machine should be checked annually. If they are locked up, remove and replace them. Be sure you and your spouse know where the main valve is for the city water going into your home. Both of you should know how to operate it. Check your water meter by marking the location of the needle at night, don't use any water until morning, and if the needle has moved, you probably have a leak. Do not pour grease or oil down your sink or disposal. If you leave your home for longer than two days, turn off the water to the house, if possible. At the very least, turn off the valves to the washing machine. Six ways to prevent water pipes from freezing in cold weather Insulate any and all pipes that are vulnerable to cold air. This can be done by using standard insulation material or through the use of approved heat tapes. Keep your heat on. If you go on vacation or will be away, don't turn your heat off. It's not necessary to run it as high as normal, but keeping the heat in the 50s will keep the pipes warm Keep cabinet and closet doors open. When you leave your heat on to keep your pipes warm, a good way of helping the interior heat reach your pipes is to leave closet and cabinet doors open. Keep water moving to prevent it from freezing. Keep a faucet open slightly to keep water moving in the pipes. Ideally, the faucet you leave on should be farthest from where the water main enters. That way, you keep water moving through all your pipes. Shut off the water supply to outdoor faucets in the colder months. Shut off the water if you go away for more than a a few days. Shut off the main water valve, and drain your supply by opening the lowest faucet in the house.

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Here's how you can decrease the risk of water damage to your home.

Water heaters should be checked regullary. If you need to replace your water heater, explore the possibility of moving it to the garage.
Hoses on washing machines should be replaced every four years. Replace with heavy-duty hoses, and install the HydroStopper.
The faucets for the washing machine should be checked annually. If they are locked up, remove and replace them.
Be sure you and your spouse know where the main valve is for the city water going into your home. Both of you should know how to operate it.
Check your water meter by marking the location of the needle at night, don't use any water until morning, and if the needle has moved, you probably have a leak.
Do not pour grease or oil down your sink or disposal.
If you leave your home for longer than two days, turn off the water to the house, if possible.
At the very least, turn off the valves to the washing machine.

Six ways to prevent water pipes from freezing in cold weather

Insulate any and all pipes that are vulnerable to cold air. This can be done by using standard insulation material or through the use of approved heat tapes.
Keep your heat on. If you go on vacation or will be away, don't turn your heat off. It's not necessary to run it as high as normal, but keeping the heat in the 50s will keep the pipes warm
Keep cabinet and closet doors open. When you leave your heat on to keep your pipes warm, a good way of helping the interior heat reach your pipes is to leave closet and cabinet doors open.
Keep water moving to prevent it from freezing. Keep a faucet open slightly to keep water moving in the pipes. Ideally, the faucet you leave on should be farthest from where the water main enters. That way, you keep water moving through all your pipes.
Shut off the water supply to outdoor faucets in the colder months.
Shut off the water if you go away for more than a a few days. Shut off the main water valve, and drain your supply by opening the lowest faucet in the house.