Protecting your outdoor pipes now can help you avoid costly water damage and big winter emergencies later. Freezing water can ...

There is an easy fix, though, and Walmart shoppers are loving the Frost King electric heating cable to insulate your pipes, ...

Frozen pipes turn a normal cold snap into an expensive emergency fast. You don’t always get much warning, either—one really ...

With cold temperatures gripping northern Illinois, homeowners need to be aware of the possibility of pipes freezing. The ...

A: Despite its name, heat tape isn’t sticky tape in the traditional sense, rather it is an electrical heating cable that is widely used to keep at-risk plumbing piping from freezing in the winter. You ...

Most plumbers don’t like heat tapes–those cables that look like extension cords but generate heat to keep pipes from freezing. They say a proper installation shouldn’t need them, and if pipes freeze ...

Forecasts from the National Weather Service show temperatures dropping below 30 degrees this week in both Charlotte and ...

OAKFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI — A space heater and old heat tape used to thaw frozen pipes caused an Oakfield Township mobile home to go up in flames Wednesday afternoon. The space heater caught the ...