You always hear about covering your outside plants with a blanket or towel, and you can do the same thing when it comes to covering up your outside pipes.

As Houston faces its last night of freezing temperatures, residents are urged to take precautions to protect their plumbing. Plumber Hector Morales shares essential tips, such as wrapping pipes with ...

(WISH) — Temperatures in central Indiana have been below-freezing since Friday, experts have recommended people cover outdoor pipes to prevent freezing. The owner of a heating, ventilation ...

they also want to make sure they aren't spending too much on their heating bills. Pipes that are not insulated, aren't maintained or are exposed to cold weather like outdoor pipes or in basements ...

Touch a cold windowpane and you have conductive heat movement. Stick your tongue on that cold steel pipe outside. Every material also has a measure of what we call thermal conductivity.

Pipes that run against exterior walls that have little or no insulation. Pipes that are exposed to severe cold, like outdoor hose bibs ... doors open to allow heat to get to uninsulated pipes ...

like outdoor hose bibs, swimming pool supply lines, and water sprinkler lines. Water supply pipes in unheated interior areas like basements and crawl spaces, attics, garages or kitchen cabinets.