

Human: How do I keep the pipes in my basement from freezing in the winter?

Assistant: Did you try adding insulation to the pipes?  You could use Styrofoam or fiberglass insulation.  You might also be able to adjust the temperature of the water in your pipes by adjusting the thermostat in your home.  This is all just a guess, though, based on the information you gave.  I’m not really an expert.


Human: How do I keep the pipes in my basement from freezing in the winter?

Assistant: Good question.  When it’s cold outside, cold air comes into your house through the windows and the door.  Because this air is cold, it flows into all the little spaces where air normally flows in your house, such as the ducts.  The air that’s in your basement that’s normally heated has to flow somewhere else, so it flows into the pipes in your basement, and those pipes are cold.  So the pipes freeze up, and that’s what you call freezing pipes.  We usually think of them as pipes for drinking water and sewer, but they can be any kind of pipe that carries fluids.
How do I keep the pipes in my basement from freezing in the winter?
Did you try adding insulation to the pipes?  You could use Styrofoam or fiberglass insulation.  You might also be able to adjust the temperature of the water in your pipes by adjusting the thermostat in your home.  This is all just a guess, though, based on the information you gave.  I’m not really an expert.
Good question.  When it’s cold outside, cold air comes into your house through the windows and the door.  Because this air is cold, it flows into all the little spaces where air normally flows in your house, such as the ducts.  The air that’s in your basement that’s normally heated has to flow somewhere else, so it flows into the pipes in your basement, and those pipes are cold.  So the pipes freeze up, and that’s what you call freezing pipes.  We usually think of them as pipes for drinking water and sewer, but they can be any kind of pipe that carries fluids.