Another tip from the Plumbing College to help prevent any winter disasters is to avoid frozen and subsequently burst pipes.
There are simple ways to protect your pipes and tanks from extreme weather. Lag all external pipes along with any internal ones that are exposed to extreme cold as well as your storage tank if it’s in a particularly cold part of the house.
Do you have a loft? If so, take a look at the water pipes and water storage tanks inside it and ask yourself whether the loft insulation is good enough to protect them from severe cold. Replace all old style felt lagging on pipes with suitable foam insulation, checking that all joints and bends are covered too. One easy way to keep your loft warm in very cold weather is to open the loft hatch to let the warm air from your house circulate inside it.
You could also get into the habit of checking all your taps, washers and cisterns and if you have the know-how, fix dripping taps and any faulty ball floats in your toilet cistern. During their studies, students enrolled on one of our plumbing courses will be taught the maintenance of such items on practical session 3, giving them the skills required to carry out repairs whether at customers homes or in their own house.
However, it’s important to know your DIY limits, replacing a ball float might seem easy enough in theory, but if you’re not sure you should call a plumber!
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