(WSIL) – AAA Insurance reports that the average frozen pipe claim could cost you more than $ 7,400.
What can you do to protect your home?
AAA experts are supposed to remove hoses from outside taps.
Keep the bathroom and kitchen cabinet doors open to allow warm air to circulate around the pipes, and let the faucets drip a little to keep the water moving and the pipes not to freeze.
Nick Chabarria, Public Affairs Specialist: “It is definitely worth taking extra precautions now, before we have this extended sub-freezing period, to prepare your houses so that your pipes don’t freeze and you don’t have a big bill. ” and possibly a headache, “said Nick Chabarria, an AAA public affairs specialist.
AAA recommends contacting your insurance agent immediately if you discover damage from frozen pipes.
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