Keep Your Facilities Safe and Warm This Winter The holidays are full of surprises like home baked treats, gifts, cold weather — and frozen pipes. An even bigger surprise is that it’s not just pipes in older buildings that freeze; those in new/ renovated buildings freeze just as easily. In fact, over the past few years, more and more PDRMA members have experienced exactly that situation.
Even when construction or renovation plans look good on paper, it doesn’t mean a harsh cold snap won’t have unexpected results. Dan Fritz, Senior Consultant at Kodiak Fire Protection Services, Inc., recommends keeping up with cold-weather maintenance regardless of the age of your buildings.
“That vestibule heater might be the right size for the square footage, but it may not be able to keep the area warm enough to protect pipes when temps are near zero and people keep opening those exterior doors...![Full Article](https://www.pdrma.org/email_distribution_files/enewsletters/Images/Template/Arrow.gif) |