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Plumbing problems don't wait - neither do we!
Plumbing problems don't wait - neither do we!
Winter hits hard here in Holmen. We’re talking 30-degree mornings that can drop way lower once December rolls around. Your pipes don’t care if you’re ready or not. They’ll freeze and burst if you don’t protect them first.
We’ve been doing winterization work around Holmen for five years now. Every fall, we get calls from folks who waited too long. Last year, a family on Hanson Road had their main line freeze solid because they thought they had another week. Cost them way more to fix than winterization would’ve cost.
Here’s what happens when water sits in your pipes during a hard freeze. The water expands when it turns to ice. That expansion cracks copper, splits PVC, and destroys fixtures. One burst pipe can flood your basement in hours.
Winterization means draining all the water from your plumbing system before winter hits. We shut off your main water supply, open every faucet, drain the water heater, and blow out the lines with compressed air. Your toilets get drained too. So do your outside hose bibs and any irrigation lines you’ve got.
If you’ve got a cabin or second home you won’t be using this winter, winterization isn’t optional. We work with a lot of property owners in the smaller towns around here, such as Trempealeau, Prairie du Chien, Alma. Empty houses are the most vulnerable because nobody’s there to catch a problem early.
The process takes us a few hours depending on your home’s size. We’re thorough because we know what frozen pipes cost to repair. Our guys have commercial training, so we approach residential winterization with that same attention to detail.
Call us before the first hard freeze. Once your pipes are frozen, winterization’s too late. Then you’re looking at emergency repairs instead.