How Summer Temperatures Can Affect Your Plumbing System
Winter tends to get most of the attention when people talk about plumbing trouble. Frozen pipes, cracked supply lines, and taps that stop running during a January freeze are problems homeowners already know to expect. Summer is different. Its plumbing issues often build slowly and quietly, which makes them easier to miss. Green Energy AC Heating & Plumbing Repair works on plumbing systems across Needham throughout the year, and many July and August service calls involve problems that homeowners never thought of as seasonal. Heat itself is rarely the direct cause of a plumbing failure. What matters more is everything summer changes around the system. Irrigation season pushes community water use much higher. Soil becomes drier, causing tree roots to search more aggressively for dependable moisture. Basements become humid while cold water continues moving through supply pipes. Families travel, leaving some drains and fixtures unused for long periods. Each of those changes can create...