It may be warmer, but pipes are still vulnerable

With the temperatures warming up, you may think that you’re in the clear when it comes to busted pipes.

But that’s not the case.

In fact, right now is when the damage really shows up in your home.

The City of Colorado Springs lost one of its water mains on Chelton Drive Monday. If it can happen to a city water main, it can happen in your home and it could cost you thousands of dollars.

Water main breaks have been seen over and over again the past few weeks in southern Colorado.

But the breaks aren’t always going to be large.

With the sub-zero temperatures that we had last week, your pipes may have frozen, and there’s a chance that the damage isn’t showing up until now.

“Until they start thawing,” said Lance May from Affordable Plumbing & Heating.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s copper or PVC, all pipes are vulnerable no matter what they’re made of.

It’s all about location, location, location.

May said the most vulnerable areas are “outer walls, crawl spaces. Every year it seems to be (that) people are moving to the area, forget to take their hoses off, (and) pipes freeze.”

Most of us know about letting your faucets drip – just be sure to run both the hot and cold water – and May said to “keep your doors open underneath your cabinets.”

So that your pipes don’t break this winter.

The water main on Chelton was fixed, but with more cold weather expected, pipes could freeze once again.

Broken pipes caused classes to be cancelled at Beulah Heights Elementary School in Pueblo on Monday.

They are expected to be back in session on Tuesday.