After the deep chill comes the busted water pipes in Nova Scotia

After the deep chill comes the busted water pipes in Nova Scotia
After the deep chill comes the busted water pipes in Nova Scotia

Arabnews24.ca:Sunday 5 February 2023 09:32 AM: Gavin Hankin of Halifax Plumbing and Heating isn't looking forward to Sunday.

"[Sunday] is going to be catastrophic because these [water] lines that have frozen, you know, they're likely to split and then leak and then flood," he said late Saturday afternoon.

Hankin was on call and said he received around 100 calls for service to deal with frozen pipes that happened because of the extreme cold that gripped the province.

Temperatures dipped as low as the mid –20s in some parts of Nova Scotia without the wind chill, said CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon.

Temperatures on Saturday morning were frigid across Nova Scotia. (Ryan Snoddon/CBC)

Bitter cold, coupled with power outages that peaked around 30,000 customers, is an awful combination for one's water pipes.

Hankin said it was the busiest day he's encountered in a decade.

"I know just from talking to people, just about every company they've called either didn't answer or told them they're too busy," he said.

Power outages persist

As of Sunday at 7:58 a.m. AT, Nova Scotia Power was reporting around 2,800 customers without power.

Hankin said frozen pipes are typically a sign of poor insulation in a home.

"A lot of these calls could have been resolved just by the homeowners cranking the heat to an uncomfortable temperature and waiting for them to thaw out," he said.

Besides having excellent insulation, Hankin said people can prevent pipes from freezing by running their water taps, which he noted is wasteful.

"It takes much colder air to freeze water that's in motion," said Hankin.

Busy fire crews

Halifax district fire Chief Pat Kline said crews are going from call to call to help shut off sprinkler systems, mostly in commercial and apartment settings.

"Pipes are breaking all over the city," he said Sunday morning.

Kline said he's been on the job for 35 years and every year there's a day or two that's this busy.

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