subject: Protecting Your Home In Winter [print this page] Protecting Your Home In Winter Protecting Your Home In Winter
As this year sees the earliest snowfall in over two decades, it is a good idea to take industry advice to safeguard your home against the wintery conditions that we are experiencing. It looks like the weather is set to stay this way, giving us one of the coldest winters for a long time, and meaning that the gloves, scarves and hats will stick around for a while longer.
Advice is this; check the heating system as soon as possible and check the thermostat. Lag expose pipes to keep them warm, as a burst water pipe in the deepest of winter is not fun. Make sure you know where the mains are in case the worst happens and you need to stop the flow of water quickly. In the winter, pipes freeze and this causes them to crack if you are unlucky.
If your house it going to be vacant for a while, keep the heating in low to avoid freezing. Keep it around ten degrees and it should protect the pipes from disaster.
Another good idea is to check the radiators before it gets really cold to make sure that they are working, and if you need to bleed them, do so to make your heating work better when the cold weather hits.
If you do not have Content Insurance, make sure you go online and purchase some before catastrophe happens. Get enough cover to ensure that your belongings are protected, as burglaries increase in the winter, and it's a devastating thing to happen during the festivities, made worse if the payout does not cover what you own.
