Winterize Your Home

Change is coming for all of us this fall and a change in the weather could be soon.  Average first snowfall in Colorado is October 15^th but it could show up sooner – maybe even next week.  Are you ready? 

Are you thinking winterization?  You should be.  The rule around our house is to disconnect the outside hoses on the 15^th of September.  We don’t put them away but just get in the habit of disconnecting them.  The sprinkler system is shut-off, drained down and blown out no later than the 10^th of October.  I can always drag the hoses around if we have an Indian summer.

 Make sure the water shut-off valve for the sprinkler system is shut off completely.  You will know this because the drain on the shut-off valve will eventually quit dripping.  Make sure that none of the outside faucets are dripping after the hoses have been removed. 

 Turn off the water to the swamp cooler and drain down the water line and water in the pan.

 If you do these things now, before the first freeze, you won’t be calling a plumber in the spring.