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ALARM SYSTEMS

Home heating systems not only keep us comfortable in winter, they also keep our homes' plumbing from freezing up during sever weather conditions. Whether your heating system goes down or the wood stove prevents its proper operation, your home is left to the mercy of the weather.

A few good preventative measures would be to have Tremarco Service install antifreeze in your hot water baseboard heating system to help prevent freezeups in the event of a no-heat condition or power failure. This will help stop the heating pipes from bursting as well as providing immediate heat to each zone when the heat is restored. Adding an alarm system that will advise of a no-heat condition could insure other water systems within your home will not become subject to failure.

A zone without heat in it is the first warning sign of a frozen pipe and should be addressed immediately. Tomorrow could be too late so restoring the heating system function is of high priority. Once the water in a hydronic heating system freezes in your baseboard unit, it blocks the flow of water in that heating zone. This blockage now allows the frozen spot to expand and split the piping that brings the heat into the room.

If the house is left without heat for an extended period, the entire domestic water system can freeze, bursting pipes, cracking toilets and generally wreaking havoc. In some homes, a couple of hours is all it takes. Once the pipe is thawed, water now rushes out of the split and floods the room's walls and floors. Unstopped, this water can ruin multiple rooms as it drains into other levels of the house.