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It doesn't freeze here too often, but when it's going to we'll go outside and set our faucets to drip to prevent freezing. I just have to remember to do this, and I worry that I'll forget. Do those faucet covers work? Any other options?

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[-] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 6 points 7 months ago

I live in MN and every fall when we’re done in our yard I’ll turn off the water in the house for the lines that go to the outdoor faucets attached to the house.

Then I’ll open those faucets outside to let the water drain.

Inside the house on the water line itself is a bleeder valve I’ll open to help the line drain.

Once drained I close the drain valve and the bleeder valve and put an insulating cover on the spigot.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

This is probably the least expensive and /or invasive

Another thing is a faucet cover, which provides some protection and depending on where the faucet is, it can be heated. This is more of a commercial building thing, though. The other “solution” commercial buildings have is just to replace them every spring…

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