How to prevent the freezing of water pipes in winter

Winter is coming. In Nanjing, this place is neither south nor north. It is a place where there is no shortage of cold water. The freezing of water pipes not only affects the normal domestic water consumption, but also causes a waste of water resources to a certain extent.

How to prevent freezing and freezing of water pipes in winter?

1. Wrap the water pipes and faucets that are exposed to the outside tightly with insulation materials (such as foam insulation pipes, glass fiber cloth, asbestos products, straw ropes, and old cotton clothes, etc.). The water supply facilities in the shade should be thickened and tied, and faucets should be used. Keep trickle to prevent the faucet from freezing.

Second, at night after the water is stopped, the front valve can be closed and the tube can be drained; if the temperature drops to minus 5°C, it is best to unscrew the faucet to turn the water into a line after nighttime water; close the kitchen and toilet outside and All windows in the shade room ensure that the room temperature is above 0°C.

3. When going out, close the main valve in the room and open the lowest faucet to drain the water in the pipe.

What should I do if the water pipe has frozen?

Use a hair dryer to blow or wrap the towel around the water pipe, then slowly pour it in warm water, and cut it off with a fire or bake it with boiling water. If there is still no water flowing out from the pouring water pipe, it means that the water meter is frozen, wrapped in a hot towel on the water meter, and thawed the table with warm water. The freezing of indoor pipes can be done by increasing room temperature, such as turning on air conditioners.