Protecting Your Las Vegas Home From The Winter Cold

LAS VEGAS - Jan. 8, 2015 - PRLog -- Las Vegas, Nevada -- Each winter in Las Vegas, we experience a few nights where the temperature drops below freezing. Freezing temperatures can cause pipes and hoses around your home to become damaged or broken. Here are a few things you can do, if you haven’t already, to protect your pipes and pool.

Water Lines:

• Disconnect and drain hoses when not in use.

• Insulate your irrigation back-flow device (anti-siphon valve) by covering it with a towel or pipe insulation and place a bucket that touches the ground over it.

• Wrap exposed irrigation pipes with pipe insulation, insulated "faucet socks," an old towel or duct tape.

• Set heat to at least 55 degrees when you're away to protect pipes and houseplants. Also if you are away, turn off the water valves to your washing machine to avoid burst hoses.

Pool:

• Run filtration pump and all auxiliary pumps continuously (pool cleaner pump does not need to run). If you have freeze guard it should run the pump automatically until the temperature rises above freezing but note that direct sunlight on your freeze guard may “trick” it into functioning as if the temperature is above freezing.

• Break up ice on the pool and spa surfaces to keep the skimmer and skimmer doors free from ice.

• Maintain proper pool water level at all times. If the water level drops too low, the pump will draw in air through the skimmers which increases the risk of equipment freeze damage.

• Never backwash during extremely cold conditions. Filter pressure gauges can freeze resulting in inaccurate readings.

• Do NOT use heater during extreme cold unless it has been being constantly running prior to the drop in temperature.

• Adjust pool and spa jets upwards to reduce surface freezing.

Tip: Putting burlap over your exterior plants can help keep them from freezing.

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