Just a quick reminder, be sure to insulate your exterior pipes and
faucets. We see a surprising number of older faucets not winterized. It's
actually amusing, sometimes people who have newer faucets that are frost proof
will still install insulating covers and people with older faucets that are susceptible
to freezing will ignore installing faucet covers.



FYI- if you have a frost proof faucet, you shouldn't have to winterize it. When
you close the handle, the valve is actually about 12" up the pipe and it
allows that last part of the pipe to drain of water. But if you have the old
style, the valve is right there at the handle, so it leaves the pipe and faucet
full of water. If that water freezes it will expand and split the pipe or
faucet.



Since it looks like we may have freezing weather for a few more days, I
recommend taking few minutes today to ensure you have faucet covers if your
need them.