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Preparing your home for a hard freeze

Preparing your home for a hard freeze

By Nicole St. Aubin Monday, May 2, 2022

Here's how to prepare your Pensacola home for a hard freeze!

Take precautions this weekend and keep your pipes protected for the coming week. Repeat these instructions anytime there is a freeze warning.

If you do not make precautions now, you will be without water and will be responsible for damages to the property caused by failure to protect your pipes. You must take these precautions to make sure your plumbing, sprinkler, and pool pipes do not freeze leaving you without water on New Years Day or throughout the coming week.

Here's Patty and Carlin with some advice on how to prepare your home for the freeze:  

 

You must take the following precautions to ensure your pipes are protected:

 1.  Walk around your home and survey for any outdoor pipes. Any exposed pipes like sprinkler or pool pump pipes should also be covered to insulate it from the freezing temperatures. Simply cover them with towels, blankets, or insulation tape.

 2. Leave an outdoor faucet dripping or better yet, wrap your outdoor faucets and/ or cover with insulation boots. The best bet is to wrap all of your outdoor faucets. Hop on YouTube for some solid ideas on how to install your insulation boot cover or to wrap your faucets with common household items.  Also, remember to remove any sprinkler hoses from your spigot.

 3. Leave an indoor faucet dripping slightly to keep water flowing through the pipes.This relieves the excess pressure that can build up inside pipes during freezing weather.

 4.  Locate your water shut off valve in case a pipe does burst as water will need to be turned off at the main connection (usually at the meter in your yard close to the road). This is essential to know and easier to locate in a non-emergency situation.

 5. Make sure your heater is on  and set to at least 65 degrees.

 6.  If you have a sprinkler system or a pool, your sprinkler pipes and pool pump pipes must also be covered. If you have insulation tubing, that is best, but if not, cover your pipes completely with towels, blankets, newspaper, or insulation tape. 

originally posted 12-30-2017

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Nicole St. Aubin
Operations Director, Broker

Nicole St. Aubin joined the Realty Masters team in 2004. She is a licensed Florida Real Estate Broker and is the Director of Operations at Realty Masters. Nicole graduated from University of West Florida in 2007 with a BS in Communication Arts. She has continued her education in the real estate and property management industry, earning several certifications and designations including the Military Relocation Professional, At Home With Diversity Certification, and Cert...

Nicole St. Aubin joined the Realty Masters team in 2004. She is a licensed Florida Real Estate Broker and is the Director of Operations at Realty Masters. Nicole graduated from University of West Florida in 2007 with a BS in Communication Arts. She has continued her education in the real estate and property management industry, earning several certifications and designations including the Military Relocation Professional, At Home With Diversity Certification, and Certified Residential Specialist designation, which less than 1% of Realtors earn. As a Realtor for 17 years, she has experience in helping everyone, from first time homebuyers to seasoned investors selling their income-producing properties.

With her expertise in both investment sales and rental properties, Nicole is seen to be a local industry expert in the Pensacola area rental market. She served 6 years on the Pensacola Association of Realtors Board of Directors and continues to be an active board member with the Pensacola Chapter of the National Association of Residential Property Managers. In addition to being chosen as one of InWeekly’s Rising Stars, Nicole has been featured in Florida Trend Magazine, the Pensacola News Journal, and WEAR TV. Nicole has a passion for community work and has also volunteered with several Pensacola area non-profits including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Guardian Ad Litem, Pensacola Young Professionals, and Make-a-Wish Foundation.

As a nature enthusiast and workaholic, she loves photographing everything from houses to the sunrise. When she is not working, she is spending time with her husband and two young daughters. Nicole truly cares about providing safe, affordable, and fair housing for all in the Pensacola area. If you have any questions or concerns about your experience with Realty Masters, please feel free to reach out to Nicole directly.

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