With our British Summer fading fast and winter fast approaching what should you as a homeowner be doing to prevent potential problems in your home? Well there are a number of things you can do to ensure you're not left in the cold when winter finally arrives. Heating appliances which have been little used during the warm summer months often start to develop problems when they are being worked a little harder during the cold weather. These should be serviced at least once every 12 months and you could save yourself a huge amount of aggrevation by ensuring that they are serviced now before the huge surge in demand for plumbers occurs, which it will! If you have an older property you can check your exposed pipework, especially in the loft and ensure that all your pipes are lagged with insulation. This insulation is cheap, widely available at DIY stores and very simple to install. Installing pipe lagging/insulation will help prevent pipework freezing, which can often cause burst and leaking pipes. This could save you a fortune in plumbers fees and also a huge amount of aggrevation.
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