UNOCCUPIED HOMES

4/16/2018 (Permalink)

The month of January brought in two weather fronts that brought us some of the coldest weather for longer than we had seen in while.  The first one was early in the month, just after the first of the year and the second came close to the middle of the month.  We all try to prepare for the below freezing temps but the timing in which these came caught a lot of people were still out of town.  A lot of the homes we worked in that were severely affected were unoccupied over the holidays.  Water ran from frozen lines in some homes for up to 5 days in some cases, maybe more some homes the owners were unsure exactly when the burst occurred.  As a home owner, if you know these weather conditions are coming and you have already left town, always have a plan, leave a key for someone so they can periodically check in or even hire a house sitter.  This one simple move could save you thousands.