By Jonathan Simon, Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc. Frozen pipes don’t fail for the reason most people think they do. It’s not the pressure of expanding ice against the pipe wall that causes the failure. Instead, as the video below shows, frozen pipes burst because ice in the pipe forms a dam that blocks the flow Read more
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Pipes burst when water expands inside the pipe due to freezing temperatures. This usually occurs in less than 20 degrees, but it can happen above that mark as well. In the south, pipes are generally exposed to the outdoor elements, unlike the north where they expect freezing temps. Both North and South are both being Read more