Today’s chilly morning is a perfect reminder that when our actual winter arrives in the Hampton Roads area it will be sudden. You should take preventive actions before it's too late and it costs you a lot of money to repair frozen pipes. Plumbing experts at Norfolk Roto-Rooter recommend taking these early precautions before winter arrives. 

•  Disconnect outside water hoses. If left connected during freezing temperatures, water in hoses will freeze and expand causing connecting faucets and pipes to break.
   
• Inspect outside faucets. If dripping or leaking, make necessary repairs or call Norfolk Plumbers before a freeze.
   
• Cover outside faucets using a faucet insulation kit.
   
• Set your water heater thermostat to 120° F for optimum performance while reducing the risk of scalding.
   
• Clear leaves and debris from roof gutters and downspouts to ensure proper drainage throughout the winter season.

Roto-Rooter Norfolk plumbers will help you with winterizing your home, just call us at (575) 671-7686 and we will be glad to accommodate you into the winter season!


Name: Norfolk Plumbers

Norfolk plumbers will assist you 7 days a week 24 hours a day. Call 1-800-GET-ROTO and get your pipes inspected with our specially made fiber optic cameras, which allow for a visual inspection of underground sewer lines and other piping. This allows us to determine the condition of the inside of your home's pipes. A bit about the process is below:

A flexible rod with a high-resolution video camera on its tip is inserted into the pipe for inspection. It will be able to identify if your sewer line needs to be replaced, if a pipe is broken or damaged by roots in your house in the Hampton roads area.

We would like to make the job as painless as possible! Our professionals will use the "open cut" or "trench" method to gain access to the area surrounding the damaged portion of a pipe. A backhoe may also be used to open and refill the work area. Typically, a job of this type doe not take more than a day to complete; the water will be running and  the drains in your home will be working in less than 24 hours!

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In the Norfolk area as anywhere else root intrusion in pipes is one of the most common causes of pipes to clog and brake. If not disturbed, the roots will completely fill the pipe with multiple hair-like root masses at each point of entry. A complete blockage may occur if the roots are not removed and root growth impeded. The increased pressure caused by roots often breaks the pipe and may result it total collapse, which requires repair or replacement. One of the biggest roots found in the Hampton Roads area was a root that grew from a customer’s sewer line to the city man hole is was approximately 2 feet in diameter and 4 feet long.

If roots have entered your pipes a Norfolk Roto-Rooter technician can remove the roots using powerful cutting blades on the end of a drain cleaning cable. Your experienced neighborhood Norfolk plumber will recommend the application of Roto-Rooter ® Root Destroyer™ to retard future root growth. Roto-Rooter® Root Destroyer™ will kill only the roots growing in the pipes and will not affect the rest of your tree’s root system or the health of the tree. Simply pour the recommended dosage into your toilet bowl and flush the product into the line twice a year. Roto-Rooter® Root Destroyer™ is available only from your Roto-Rooter service technician in Hampton Roads area or at the local Norfolk Roto-Rooter office.

Name: Norfolk Plumbers