One common piece of advice during cold spells is to let your faucets drip. While it may seem counterintuitive to waste water intentionally, this simple action can help safeguard your pipes from ...

Aaron advises, 'Turn your taps on just enough to drip,' and leave them dripping until the temperature outside consistently ...

Yes, leaving faucets dripping can prevent pipes from bursting. The water dripping from the faucet should be cold, since it’s more likely to freeze than warm water.

I'd run the hot water until you get hot water out of the tap and heat up the faucet. That may introduce enough heat into the situation to get things flowing again.<BR>3.

If you know where your water comes into your house, turn on a cold water faucet at the opposite end of the house. "What you want to do is pull that water through the whole system of the house," he ...

Q. When preparing for severely cold weather, do we let both cold and hot water faucets drip? In bathrooms with several faucets, is it better to let each one drip or is one, perhaps farthest down ...

Over the years, I have also worked with beverage faucets. A beverage faucet is a specially designed cold water faucet that your plumber can mount next to your existing kitchen sink faucet.

Ed the Plumber Q: I read your column about a homeowner asking about a small faucet for a prep sink that would use cold water only. As a food professional, I&rsquo;d advise that food-prep sinks ...

Q. Here is my question. My mom lives in Houston and the faucet in her kitchen sink has a problem with the cold water that comes out during the summertime. There are very small black specks in the ...