frozen pipes
Cold weather hazard
Frozen pipes are water pipes in which the contents have frozen solid, typically during cold weather when temperatures drop below freezing in unheated or poorly insulated areas.
The expansion of ice can crack or burst the pipe, causing significant water damage when thawing occurs.
Preventing frozen pipes involves insulation, heat tape, or letting faucets drip: We came back from vacation to frozen pipes and a flooded basement.
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
- cold snapBrief period of bitter chill
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- iceWater's solid form
- winterYear's coldest quarter
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- Water damage causesflooding, roof leaks, storms, hurricanes, heavy rain
- winter hazardsavalanche, black ice, blizzard, frostbite, hypothermia
- winter woessnowstorm, blizzard, frost, ice, cold snap
- cold damagefrostbite, hypothermia, ice dam, frost heave, chilblains
- wintersnow, ice, cold, frost, icicle
- frozen thingsice cube, ice cubes, ice block, ice blocks, icicle