Don't let frozen pipes freeze your home!

Dawn S. • January 4, 2023

The arrival of winter means you should be ready for frozen pipes to occur in Hamilton. 

Keep in mind that all of your pipes in your home will freeze just because one has frozen.


You may have a frozen pipe if you turn on a tap and the water only trickles out. Don’t worry it happens with the cold winter temperatures that happen in Hamilton. Here are some easy tips you can do yourself to get your water running as usual. If you are thawing the pipes yourself, remember to keep the faucet open a little because any water running through the pipe will help melt the ice in the pipe.


Now you can start to warm up exposed pipes by:


1.      Wrapping an electric heating pad around the pipe.

2.      Use a hair dryer on a warm setting. If the pipe is close to a wall and you can’t get around the whole thing, just place a cookie sheet in behind the pipe to help radiate the heat.

3.      Try a portable heater with heat facing the frozen section of the pipe. Don’t walk away for safety reasons.

4.      Wrap the pipe electric heat tape that contains heating elements. When the pipe has thawed, you can leave the heat tape on the pipe and plug it in when needed or on a really cold day. Do not use kerosene, a blow torch or propane to thaw out a pipe!


A frozen pipe that is located in a wall or ceiling is a little more challenging.


1.      Turn up your home’s heat.

2.      If you think the frozen pipe is in a wall that is in a kitchen cupboard or bathroom vanity, open the cupboard doors.

3.      Turn off the water until help arrives. You don’t want the pipe to burst.


Call the Hamilton plumbers at A Rescue Rooter!


If you are having trouble thawing out a pipe, call a Hamilton plumbing service as soon as you can. The team at A Rescue Rooter can repair frozen pipes at any time. They will find the frozen pipe if it’s behind a wall and can thaw it out for you. If the frozen pipe can be easily reached, they will insulate it for you and offer tips on how to prevent the pipe/s from becoming frozen again. Plumbing services really don’t you to try and figure out which pipe behind a wall is the culprit. It’s much better to let the Hamilton plumbers at A Rescue Rooter call on their expertise. A pipe that has been frozen longer than necessary will cause costly unnecessary damage. If the pipe is totally frozen and have not burst, call a plumbing service. If you can, use a hair dryer to start the pipe thawing until the plumbing service arrives. The Hamilton plumbers will attend to the frozen pipe by using a heat gun for thawing.


Your Hamilton plumbers at A Rescue Rooter will help you deal with your frozen pipes, 24/7 and 365! They can handle any emergency. Call them at (905) 521-8284!

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