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Freeze Protection & Spring Start-Up in Spring
Spring is just south of The Woodlands. Same clay, fewer pines. We take Spring on the same trucks. Freeze calls on backflows still happen.
The Woodlands does not get a Denver winter, but a Gulf freeze still splits backflow bodies and above-grade PVC. We wrap, drain where it helps, and come back in spring to run every station and replace what cracked. This page is the freeze protection & spring start-up path for Spring.
What we look for
- Forecast below freezing overnight
- Cracked backflow after a cold snap
- A station that ran all winter and now will not
- Need a spring start-up before the first mow
Call (832) 702-3111 or send a request. ZIP codes often used: 77373, 77379, 77388.
Guides
- Foam wrap is not enough if the valve is still charged
- Wrap the backflow before the first freeze night
- Spring start-up: run every station before the first mow
- We do not blow out systems here the way they do up north
- We do not blow out systems here like they do up north
- Exposed PVC and a Texas sun
- Find the isolation valve before a freeze night
- Do not start the system in January just to see