COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX — The winter season is just around the corner, and with the coming drop in temperatures, it’s always important to think ahead to protect oneself from freezing pipes.
” I’ve seen over 50 thousand dollars of the damage,” Tyler Smoot, call-by-call manager at Eco Plumbers, Electricians and Technicians told ABC 6. “Especially if a homeowner isn’t home, they’re on vacation and that water is just running into their basement until they got home and realize that there was a burst and shut the water off, so it could be catastrophic.”
Here are four important tips to keep in mind for winterizing your home: