For a plumber in the metro West Boston area who is available 24 7 contact Friendly Plumbing for all your plumbing and plumbing emergencies.
If your water pipes freeze and burst you need to call a plumbing professional right away. During the winter months you may have to wait to have one get to you because of all the other homeowners with frozen pipes. Call and get on the list as soon as you realize there is a problem.
While you are waiting for the plumber there are a few tasks that you should do in order to help the situation. First thing you should do is shut off the main water valve to the house. This will stop all water at that source. Then open up your facets. This will give the water somewhere to go as the pipes start to thaw. It will help relieve the pressure on the pipes and hopefully keep further damage from happening.
Broken pipes can be repaired but depending on where the pipes burst at, and it often happens in more than one spot, it can be quite labor intensive. Homes that are constructed over a crawl space often have pipes that are difficult to reach.
