If you know anything at all about pipe insulation, you know that it goes a long way toward preventing frozen pipes. That's true: Pipe insulation keeps the water in your plumbing system from turning to ...

When the power cuts out on a subfreezing night, you do not have to choose between a sky‑high water bill and a flooded crawl ...

If you do have a burst pipe, you can turn the stop tap clockwise to stop the water. If you have home insurance, check with your policy to see if it covers leaks and bursts. Otherwise, have to hand the ...

Most homes in the UK have a complex network of water pipes. Insulating this pipework is called lagging and by sealing in heat, it saves energy and has a host of other benefits too. To protect water ...

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Pablo Päster is an energy and sustainability management consultant who wrote a weekly advice column for Treehugger from 2009-2012. Dear Pablo: I had a home energy audit done and they recommended ...

Cold weather can wreak havoc on water pipes – when water freezes it expands, putting more pressure on pipes and joints, which can cause pipes to split or joints to pull apart. But the company has ...

In the recent cold snap in the UK, many people might have faced their pipes freezing up, which stopped their boilers from working. Undoubtedly many will want to prevent this from happening again, and ...

Insulation on cold piping is dogged by problems with condensation. As Vit Koverdynsky, Vagn Korsgaard and Carsten Rode explain, one solution is to use self-drying insulation, based on wicking Unlike ...