Southwest Florida is preparing for the cold snap, but local plumbing experts said there’s nothing to worry about with your pipes.
Michael Mele, president of Lee County Plumbing, said the worry is not frozen pipes or sprinklers, but pre-existing conditions can be exposed with the colder weather.
“It’s highly unlikely that you’re gonna have any freeze problems with water in your pipes,” Mele said. “If you have exposed pipe to UV rays, they do get brittle over time, and the freeze could bring that out,.”
WILL YOUR PIPES FREEZE WITH THE COLD WEATHER?: Southwest Florida plumbers say don’t worry about pipes
Mele said their most common call right now is about backflow preventers…