Winter
How to handle frozen pipes, ice dams, furnace failures, outages, and the rest of what a hard winter does to a house.
All Winter how-tos
- How to Apply for LIHEAP Help With Heating Bills
- How to Apply for Weatherization Help Before Winter
- How to Change a Furnace Filter
- How to Check a Prepaid Heating Fuel Contract Before Signing
- How to Choose Ice Melt That Will Not Wreck Concrete
- How to Clear a Frozen Furnace Condensate Line
- How to Clear Frozen Gutters and Downspouts
- How to Fix a Furnace Blowing Cold Air
- How to Keep a House Warm in a Winter Power Outage
- How to Keep a Sump Pump from Freezing
- How to Keep Pipes from Freezing in a Cold Snap
- How to Open a Frozen Door Lock
- How to Prevent Ice Dams
- How to Rake Snow Off a Roof
- How to Relight a Furnace Pilot Light
- How to Remove an Ice Dam
- How to Run a Generator Safely in a Power Outage
- How to Shut Off the Water to a Burst Pipe
- How to Stop Drafts Around Windows and Doors
- How to Stop Frost from Forming in the Attic
- How to Test Carbon Monoxide Alarms
- How to Thaw a Frozen Outdoor Faucet
- How to Thaw a Frozen Pipe
- How to Winterize a Sprinkler System Before a Freeze