If you've been around for a little while, you know we've been on our soapbox the last couple of weeks about the importance of winterizing vacant properties. We had always been told that pipes can freeze any time the thermostat is set below 55 degrees. Well...all of that changed this week. No one is exactly sure what happened, but a seller of ours just called us and said while they were out of town, they had left their thermostat on 66 degrees and came home to frozen pipes! Fortunately for them, the pipes didn't burst and they were able to have a plumber come out and thaw the pipes before any damage was done. But who knows what could have happened if they hadn't caught it in time. I guess to be safe...considering all of these lovely below freezing days we've been having...perhaps the...
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