KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Cold weather can cause your pipes to freeze, and when it gets warm outside again — those pipes can burst. Local plumbers explained to 6 News how to keep the water flowing, and how much it can cost when things go wrong.
“It can just kind of depend, based on essentially whether it’s just one single spot or whether it’s more catastrophic throughout the whole entire system, said Keith White, general manager at The Plumbing Authority. “But it could go from a few hundred dollars. It could be upwards of a few thousand dollars.”
Pipes are at risk of bursting as temperatures drop below freezing, and not all pipes are created equal.
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“If you have copper or galvanized pipes throughout your home, you’re much more likely for a freeze to cause a burst versus what we use as PEX is nowadays,” said White. “That actually has some expansion properties so it can expand kind of like a balloon and go back down to the normal size after it thaws out.”…