032 - Why Hot Water Freezes Before Cold Water (And What It Means for Your Pipes)

19/10/2025 8 min Episodio 32
032 - Why Hot Water Freezes Before Cold Water (And What It Means for Your Pipes)

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"Water cannot be compressed, so when it freezes and then it thaws, if it doesn't have anywhere to go, it breaks stuff."A frozen pipe isn't just an inconvenience—it's a structural failure waiting to happen in your home. Joe explains why hot water lines freeze first, how water's incompressibility turns a simple freeze-thaw cycle into a pipe-bursting catastrophe, and the single maintenance mistake that floods basements every spring. The physics are unforgiving: water can split mountains, and it will split your pipes too if you don't understand what's actually happening when temperatures drop below zero.Contact us at FeelNorthernAir.com.

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