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Plumbing and Heating Repairmen Swamped

Plumbing and Heating Repairmen Swamped - Friday, January 16, 2009 at 5:51PM EST



With temps dipping into single digits, plumbing and heating repair calls are skyrocketing.

Eyewitness News caught up with repairman Bernie Dudkiewicz Jr.

He is a plumbing and heating repair specialist.

Dudkiewicz say lately it’s been, "Long days. We'll probably be lucky if we get home by 7 o'clock tonight. Extremely busy with the cold weather. A lot of no heat calls, people having trouble with their heat or frozen water lines and so on. Actually been we've going pretty busy since yesterday and it's going to be like that all weekend."

Friday morning Dudkiewicz and his co-worker fixed a broken heater in Mountain Top.

His repair calls have been coming in non-stop, just like the flow of customers at R. J. walkers plumbing in Wilkes-Barre .

This is prime time for pipes of all kinds to freeze and bust.

The store says they can see a 50 percent boost in sales in a frigid week like this.

Salesman Tip Noll warns, "If you're not a professional, I recommend get a professional, because you could have a problem."

Noll says fixing your pipes the right way can save hundreds down the line.

Blow torching to thaw pipes is a big no-no says Noll.

That can cause small cracks.

He says the best way to prevent busted pipes is insulation.

“They just put it on, tear that off and make sure there's no gaps," says Noll.

Noll and fellow workers at R. J. Walker Plumbing says this about helping in a freezing emergency, "It feels good. Makes them happy, they're glad, we're glad."

Other than insulating your pipes, R. J. walker workers say reducing draft air is helpful.

Blocking that cold air at its source is an easy way to stop ice buildup in pipes.
 


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