If you have an older home with galvanized pipes, we suggest hiring a plumber to do the switch-out. Unscrewing the old valve and screwing on a new one may seem easy enough. But if the pipe is ...

A water pipe installed nearly a century ago in ... but the one that burst this week on Clairmont Road was so old that the valves to shut off the water were much farther apart than modern standards ...

No water or low water pressure: This is the most obvious sign. If you turn on a faucet and no water comes out, or only a trickle, it could indicate a frozen pipe. Discolored water: If you do get ...