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The benefit of obtaining a freeze alarm would be that it will notify you when your pipes freeze or a leak occurs so that a person could prevent flooding of their home. It is good to have a freeze alarm when a person is gone on vacation for an extended period of time as it will alert them if the pipes freeze.
Because if they freeze they may burst, then you will have a mess and no water.
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Internal pipes in a heated house should not freeze. External pipes need to be well insulated from the cold, or they are likely to freeze.
Do your pipes freeze .
NO, it will not freeze.
Home freeze sensor alarms will call you if the temperature at your house drops or the power fails. Your pipes can burst if it gets cold enough which will cause some major water damage inside and outside your house.
If you go to amazon.com there is a FreezeAlarm Automatic Dialer (FA700)that costs $49.23 that is cost effective and prevents your home from having your pipes freeze. This would be a great way to ensure safety for your home during those harsh winter months.
28 degrees above zero (Fahrenheit) for more than 4 hours will freeze your pipes, so insulate, insulate, insulate.
Water expands when it freezes. If water pipes are allowed to freeze then the pressure of the expanding ice inside them will fracture the pipes. Then when the temperature rises so that the ice melts, the pipes will leak - with resulting damage.
If your pipes freeze and burst, the damage could be extensive, and the repair could be costly. If your home has exposed pipes, wrap them in heat tape. That way, when the weather gets very cold, the heat tape will warm the pipes and keep them from freezing. Even if your area does not usually have hard winters, make sure to protect your pipes just in case. You could have an unusually cold winter. Remember to insulate any pipes in your garden as well. These pipes can cause damage if they freeze, even if they are far away from your house.
if the water in the pipes freezes, it will expand and break the pipes.