There are multiple precautions you can take during this week's cold snap to protect water pipes exposed to exterior walls.

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Here’s what to do: If you turn on a faucet and only a trickle comes out, you may well have a frozen pipe. “If you suspect the pipes are frozen, be careful when thawing them out because if the ...

A mixture of rain that turned to sleet and then to snow hammered the Hilton Head Island area with three to five inches of snow that created dangerous driving conditions on the morning of Jan. 22, 2025 ...

As Florida deals with its latest cold spell of 2025 − this time with actual snow accumulating in Pensacola and other places in the northern part of the state − we go back in time when a tree ...

Cavity wall insulation can cut your heating bills so much that it will pay for itself quickly. What’s more, there are grants and offers available to help pay for cavity wall insulation For ...

Both are significant undertakings in terms of cost and disruption. This page focuses on internal solid wall insulation. Click here for our page on external solid wall insulation. Around half of all ...