Alabama’s bracing for brutally cold weather and it has plenty of people scrambling to make sure their have all their bases covered – literally. It’s recommended you cover outdoor faucets to help ...

From prepping birdbaths to cleaning gutters, there’s a lot of things for homeowners to do once temperatures start to dip. Unfortunately, just because you won’t be using your outdoor faucets during the ...

Dear James: Last winter, I forgot to turn off the water to an outdoor faucet, and the pipe split. How do I install one of the freeze-safe ones, and do they work? -- Kerri J. Dear Kerri: I think ...

Water expands when it freezes, so when water in your home pipes start to expand, it has nowhere else to go and can cause your pipes to burst. When the temperature begins to drop, follow these tips ...

Temperatures are rapidly dropping across Texas as winter weather makes its second appearance this month, bringing even colder conditions. With subzero temperatures expected in some areas, next week ...

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With freezing temperatures expected this week, the city of Wichita Falls Public Works Department is offering some tips to help keep your home’s pipes from freezing. When water freezes, it expands so ...

HOUSTON, Texas — Homeowners lined up outside hardware stores Saturday just to get their hands on some last-minute pipe wraps ahead of this week's big freeze. C&D Hardware and Gifts got a new shipment ...

Nearly half of Texas — more than 120 counties — is under an extreme cold watch this week as "dangerously cold wind chills" drive feels-like temperatures below zero in the Panhandle and South Plains.