Officials said being prepared and staying prepared are important. When the temperatures drop, think people, pets, plants, and pipes.
Freezing temperatures brings the possibility of pipes bursting in your home. James Farr with Champion AC and Plumbing said there are a few things you can do to help prevent it from happening."Try to keep the thermostat above 55, 60 in these cold conditions, you want to try to keep air flow running through the homes," Farr said.
"I’ve seen some interesting ways of people putting those Whataburger cups over them, even if you just wrap a towel over it and put that over it, just to stop it from being exposed to the elements," Farr said."It’s imperative to try to keep water flowing through that system. I always use the expression it’s easy to freeze a pond, but it’s very hard to freeze a river," Farr said.
"We’re in demand for sure. There’s only a certain amount of plumbers to the amount of homes we have to serve," Farr said. "We will be working long hours to make sure we can make it around to as many people as we can." "If there’s high acuity calls that happen, they can act as regular extra response unit for those calls, and they can also help address needs of either their own clients or persons experiencing homelessness or anybody that may need solutions that don’t involve an emergency room," City of Austin spokesperson Christa Stedman said.
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