Freezing pipes of heating and water supply systems. Ways to defrost pipes.

Freezing of water in the pipe is not pleasant phenomenon. You out of habit open a crane, and instead of a stream of water, you observe a tiny drying stream of liquid or nothing at all. Even worse, if the water pipe is freezing, but the batteries of the heating system. In this case, everything is really serious and the situation requires immediate adoption of strategic decisions. And the sooner they are undertaken, the more likely that the batteries of the heating system will not break through. After you suspected frostbite, you need to not be losing a minute to start warming up. First you need to determine the area of ​​the frozen pipe, and then provide free access to it (remove interfering objects, remove insulation and so on). There are several ways to defrost a frozen pipe. The easiest, most famous and proven way is using hot water. This method is most practical in cases where the frozen pipe is located directly in the house and it consists in the following: the frozen area is wrapped with rags and watered with hot water (preferably boiling water) until it warms up. At the same time, it is convenient to use a kettle with a nose or, even better, bring a flexible hose to the pipe, connecting it to hot water, unless, of course, it is possible.