The water pipe in the building is frozen. How to open it?

For frozen faucets, water meters and water pipes, it is advisable to wrap the faucets with hot towels and thaw the faucets with warm water (not exceeding 60 degrees Celsius) along the pipes or hair dryers.

Water pipe antifreeze and matters needing attention:

1. Exposed water supply pipes, water meters and faucets can be wrapped with cotton and linen fabrics, foamed plastics or other professional thermal insulation materials.

2, don't twist, don't use pliers and other tools to start, and don't use fire or boiling water to pour directly, otherwise it will easily damage the faucet and cause the pipe or water meter to burst.

Generally, water will not freeze when it flows in the water pipe. In order to prevent the water pipe from freezing, users can turn on the tap before going to bed at night to let the fine water flow for a long time, generally avoiding freezing at low temperature in the morning.

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Other antifreeze for water supply system:

1. Anti-freezing measures for water meters: the water meter with meter box can be wrapped with cotton cloth, and the box door is closed; Outdoor water meters without meter box can be wrapped in cotton cloth and sealed with plastic film; For water meters with surface wells and outdoor water meters, the accumulated water in the wells should be removed to ensure its dryness, and sand and sawdust should be removed. Should be filled to the copper edge of the water meter.

2. For water meters that have not been used for a long time, you can apply to close the control valve before the meter and discharge the water in the water meter and the pipeline behind the meter.

References:

People's Daily Online-During the Spring Festival, there are 60 water supply emergency repair personnel on standby in Hangzhou to teach you several tricks to prevent water pipes from freezing.

References:

People's Network-How to prevent freezing and keep warm for water supply facilities? If the faucet freezes, you can blow it with a hair dryer.