01/17/2025
FREEZE ALERT!
EMERGENCY NOTICE TO DRIP WATER FAUCETS AND TO KEEP THE HEAT ON
Because of the possible severe subfreezing weather, water pipes in our apartment community may freeze and burst if we do not take immediate action.
The damage from frozen pipes can be substantial. If the pipes in your dwelling unit freeze and burst, water may damage your clothes, furniture, stereos, TV and other property such as the carpet, walls and ceilings. You may be found liable to the resident below or adjacent to you if you have negligently failed to take proper precautions. This casualty insurance on the apartment owner’s building does not cover damages to the other people’s property. You are encouraged to buy insurance (like homeowners do) to cover unexpected damage from water, fire, windstorm, etc. to your personal belongings.
Please take the following precautions as soon as you read this notice.
1. Please do not turn your heat completely off when you leave for the day or for an extended period of time. Instead, leave the heat on and do not set below 64 degrees. Be sure to leave cabinet doors open under the sink and bathroom sink to allow heat to the plumbing.
2. Please run both hot and cold water at pencil-lead size stream on the following faucets in your dwelling unit: kitchen sink, bathroom lavatories, bath tubs, showers, wet bar sinks, washer connections, etc. (Don’t forget to make sure drains are open and draining.)
3. Please leave the faucets dripping until further notice from us. We will notify you when to stop the dripping.
4. The foregoing applies to every dwelling unit in the apartment community. These precautions are essential in order to avoid the more drastic measure of temporarily cutting off the water to all units and draining the lines to prevent damage from bursting pipes.
5. If you are gone, management may enter your apartment for the above purposes to avoid potential property damage from burst water pipes as authorized in your lease agreement.