Water Damage Is the Second-Most-Common Homeowners Insurance Claim. Most of It Is Preventable. Water damage and freezing accounted for 27.6 percent of all homeowners insurance claims in 2022, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s claims data, second only to wind and hail, with an average claim severity of $13,954 between 2018 and 2022. About one […]
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The Urgency of Timely Pipe Burst Repairs in Lemont, ILThe Urgency of Timely Pipe Burst Repairs in Lemont, IL
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A Burst Pipe Gives You a Narrow Window to Get This Right. Here’s Everything That Happens in It. The gap between “I noticed water” and “this cost me $15,000” is usually measured in hours, not days. Water moving through a wall, a ceiling, or a finished basement doesn’t pause while you decide what to […]
Tips to Prevent Frozen Pipes in Naperville, ILTips to Prevent Frozen Pipes in Naperville, IL
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It’s Not the Cold That Bursts a Pipe. It’s What Happens the Moment It Thaws. Water expands by about 9 percent as it freezes, and that expansion is what cracks or splits a pipe, copper, PVC, or galvanized steel alike. The dangerous part isn’t actually the freeze itself, plenty of frozen pipes never burst […]
