While waterfalls are often beautiful, a waterfall from the side of your home isn't a very pretty site. A few years back my parents arrived home to a busted water pipe. With having a two story home, the top half in which they live in, the water was pouring down the side of the siding. My mom's first reaction was to shut the water OFF, her second move was calling the plumbers. While to this day it's a story they can laugh about, at the time it wasn't a very funny story. When you live in areas of the world that get a bit colder, you need to have a way to keep your pipes from freezing. If you don't then chances are you will have frozen pipes. If the water doesn't have an escape once it thaws out, this will cause the pipes to burst! Once the water was off, the plumber was called, my parents slowly made there way inside. They discovered the pipe wasn't busted in just one spot, it was busted in a few different spots! My parents have a seven bedroom, three bathroom home. Four … [Read more...]