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About 20 nights a year below freezing, when uninsulated crawlspace lines give out

The oldest blocks in town run plumbing decades older than the newer builds toward Leesburg

First frost typically lands around November 21

It depends on the job and how bad the problem is. That is why the first step is a phone call. Describe the problem and get your free estimate on the phone, with upfront pricing.

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It points at a worn packing nut or a stem the freeze already stressed, and it is worth handling before the next cold snap. Water weeping past the stem tends to sit in the wall. Anything leaking behind the siding rather than onto the ground deserves a look now rather than in spring.

Start at the front of the house where the service line comes in, then check the meter box near the street. The lid is usually a rectangular metal or plastic cover set flush in the grass. The valve inside the box next to the meter is the utility's curb stop, and it takes a meter key to turn.

Close the main, then open the lowest faucet in the house so the standing water drains instead of sitting in the broken line. Kill power to the water heater if the tank might drain. After that the repair is a normal job rather than an emergency in progress.

It depends on what is in the walls and how often you have been patching. A single split on a freeze night is a repair; a third leak in two winters on the same run is a sign the material has reached the end. Getting a plumber's read on the pipe type is the useful first step.