Frigid temperatures can cause serious and costly damage to your home's plumbing system. Water expands as it freezes, putting pressure on pipes and causing them to break.

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Andrew Blok covered home energy, with a focus on solar, and navigated the changing energy landscape to help people make smart energy decisions. He's a graduate of the Knight Center for Environmental ...

Did you forget to leave the heat on or a faucet dripping and now you have a frozen pipe on your hands? Boiling water isn't ...

Pablo Päster is an energy and sustainability management consultant who wrote a weekly advice column for Treehugger from 2009-2012. Dear Pablo: I had a home energy audit done and they recommended ...

The arctic blast being felt throughout North Texas can really cause problems with your pipes. Not just the pipes leading into your home, but those connected to your swimming pool as well. It has pool ...

KINGSPORT — Winter has finally arrived in the Tri-Cities, and with temperatures being much colder than they were during the holiday season, now is the perfect time to double-check your water pipes and ...

When temperatures plummet, the risk of your pipes freezing and bursting skyrockets—a reality that may end up costing you a lot of time and money. In fact, burst pipes are one of the most common causes ...

HOUSTON — It’s one of the P’s that you’re told to protect whenever the Houston area gets a hard freeze – pipes. (If you don't know the other P's, they're pets, plants and people!) During a news ...

One of the most cost-effective and energy-conserving measures you can take is to insulate duct or pipe runs in the unheated areas of your home. By not insulating these conduits, you are essentially ...