{"id":134,"date":"2009-01-23T16:14:24","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T16:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noyeshallallen.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/23\/a-cold-forecast-means-frozen-pipes-ice-dams\/"},"modified":"2017-11-09T08:54:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:54:06","slug":"a-cold-forecast-means-frozen-pipes-ice-dams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/a-cold-forecast-means-frozen-pipes-ice-dams\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cold Forecast Means Frozen Pipes, Ice Dams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The arctic cold returns this weekend, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?CityName=Portland&amp;state=ME&amp;site=GYX&amp;textField1=43.6621&amp;textField2=-70.256\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"National Weather Service&#39;s 7 day forecast\">NWS forecast<\/a>. Our phones have been busy this week with two kinds of claims: frozen pipes and ice dams. Local plumbers, water extraction contractors and heating technicians expect lots of overtime this weekend. We are ready to handle an influx of claims if necessary.&#160;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/riskebusiness.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e5540bfd478834010536f1be0a970c-popup\" style=\"float:left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thumbnail.aspx\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e5540bfd478834010536f1be0a970c \" src=\"https:\/\/riskebusiness.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e5540bfd478834010536f1be0a970c-120wi\" style=\"margin:0 5px 5px 0;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOne of the companies we represent, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onebeacon.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"OneBeacon home page\">OneBeacon Insurance<\/a>&#160;has issued a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/sitedocs\/frozenpipes.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Maine Risk Control Notice\">bulletin<\/a> with some useful instructions for how to safely thaw frozen water pipes. Their website also has a good <a href=\"http:\/\/onebeacon.com\/uploadedFiles\/OBAIETisSeason07.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tis the Season\">winter safety checklist<\/a>&#160;that addresses topics like preventing damage from heavy snow, &#160;frozen pipes and ice dams.&#160;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Speaking of ice dams, the University of Minnesota Extension Service has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extension.umn.edu\/distribution\/housingandclothing\/DK1068.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"UMN Extension article on Ice Dams\">an excellent article<\/a> explaining what they are, what causes them and how to prevent them.&#160;<\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n<div>As always, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Our home page\">Noyes Hall &amp; Alle<\/a>n clients can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/sitedocs\/24hourclaimservice.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"24 hour claim service\">contact us<\/a> in a claim emergency any time, night or day.&#160;Stay warm and stay safe!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arctic cold returns this weekend, according to the NWS forecast. Our phones have been busy this week with two kinds of claims: frozen pipes and ice dams. Local plumbers, water extraction contractors and heating technicians expect lots of overtime this weekend. We are ready to handle an influx of claims if necessary.&#160; One of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety","category-weather"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4809,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/4809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}