How to Prevent Outdoor Faucets From Being Damaged by Frost

Outdoor fixtures permanently exposed to weather, frost and cold can cause a non-empty in the winter heavy damage. However, there are technical possibilities, the water from the outdoorfaucets in the frost period to make available, without fear of frost damage need.Damage caused by freezing of water pipes can be avoidedWater freezes at zero degrees Celsius - that fact is actually well known. Still, it comes in the winter time and again at taps in the garden or garage to frost damage: The pipes can burst and the valves are destroyed from within. Since the water can thus penetrate well into the masonry and plaster and insulation damage, the damage will quickly become very expensive. The reason is a specific physical property of water: It stretches out if it freezes. So far was the only alternative in the winter: turn on the tap and drain. But even in winter you need water in the garden and sometimes, unfortunately, we often forget to turn off the outdoor faucets. These problems have now found the valve manufacturer solutions to the water in the garden in the winter and keep the lines still available free of frost.Air makes outdoorfaucetsfrostActually a very simple trick: If the water is already inside locked in a frost free area, it can not freeze out there. This is made possible by a long shaft connected to the faucet shut-off valve, which retains the water already in the house. Outside, the tap is nothing but air - and this is known not to freeze in winter. An automatic air ventilation of the external valve also ensures that the water-bearing areas are totally empty - then the frost a chance.:ù”„É
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