by bstickle | Jan 13, 2023 | Education, Service Line Responsibilities, Home Maintenance, Frozen Pipes, Knowledge Center, Infographics, Public-Private Partnerships
The holidays can be a glorious time of togetherness, giving, and wonderful memories. Unfortunately, for some of HomeServe’s customers, the most memorable event of the 2022 holiday season will be that their water or sewer line froze up due to extreme cold...
by Bill Eller | Mar 3, 2021 | State, Home Maintenance, Frozen Pipes, Infrastructure, Financial Shock, Large Cities, Texas
As the energy crisis in Texas and parts of the South subsided, residents weren’t given time to take a deep breath, because rising temperatures revealed a new problem – frozen water lines. The record-low temperatures that caused many energy producers to go offline,...
by Bill Eller | Oct 12, 2020 | Education, Home Maintenance, Frozen Pipes, ServLine
With fall and colder weather comes the possibility of burst and frozen pipes. Now is the time to encourage your residents to winterize their home plumbing system and preventing pipes from freezing before inclement weather causes a home repair emergency. If residents...
by Bill Eller | Aug 26, 2019 | Frozen Pipes, Large Cities, Michigan, State, Home Maintenance
Summer is ending – time to think about frozen pipes. As the weather begins to cool and we enjoy all those pleasures that come with fall, don’t forget that homeowners should be preparing so they don’t encounter an unpleasant surprise. On average, a quarter...
by bstickle | Dec 4, 2018 | Public-Private Partnerships, Infrastructure, Water Loss, Inflow & Infiltration, Financial Shock, Service Line Myths, Education, Virginia, Service Line Responsibilities, State, Home Maintenance, Frozen Pipes
Water damage to a home, whether from a sewer backup or an interior plumbing problem, is not something to take lightly – and, in some cases, homeowners insurance won’t cover not only the plumbing, but the water damage to the home, unless the homeowner has purchased...
by bstickle | Sep 26, 2018 | Home Maintenance, Frozen Pipes, Infrastructure, Water Loss, Inflow & Infiltration, Education
Are your residents aware of their responsibility to maintain their water and sewer service lines? In a State of the Home Winter survey, 13 percent of respondents thought service lines are the responsibility of the municipality or utility, and 18 percent didn’t know...