NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — We’ve heard the warnings: leave the faucets drizzling and protect your pipes because the cold is here.
Tennessee ranks fourth in the country for the amount of frozen pipe claims, and the average price tag is $19,000.
Kristil Lyle has lived in her East Nashville home for the past 26 years.
“We used everything they tell you not to use,” Lyle laughed.
She says she’d turn the stove on, use space heaters, and find heat wherever she could.
“Depending on how cold it was we’d have to sometimes block off one room and be able to just be in that one room to have enough heat,” Lyle said.
Now, she makes sure to leave her faucets running and the cabinets open.
“My water bill would just be so high because I’d leave the water running for days,” Lyle said.
“We don’t really do anything particular, we just make sure it stays warm in the apartment,” Calvina Leibig said.
Last year, The Cleo apartments in East Nashville flooded when sprinkler lines ruptured in below freezing temperatures.