Preventing frozen pipes is a lot easier and less risky than thawing frozen pipes. When preparing a home for cold weather, ...

Close any open drain valves or test cocks. Open the sprinkler water supply valve. Do this slowly to avoid pressure spikes. Turn the controller back on and run each zone manually to check for leaks, ...

To avoid an expensive mess, seasonal cottages and beach homes that remain empty in the offseason should be properly ...

From skiing to ice skating and building snowmen to drinking hot cocoa, cold weather is great for a slew of things. But when temperatures dip below freezing during winter, failure to prepare for frigid ...

With the coldest part of the calendar approaching, Kyshawn Lane (@weeklyhomecheck) shared a video on how to protect your pipes from the winter weather. Lane has a weekly home-maintenance series in ...

Mr. Rooter® Plumbing shares expert tips to help homeowners avoid frozen pipes and plumbing emergencies WACO, Texas, Oct. 07, ...

Wednesday marks the first day of winter. And while the winter weather isn’t new this season to Massachusetts residents, frozen pipes at your home might be. Pipes that are most risk of freezing are ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...