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Direct Line home insurance is urging households to batten down the hatches and protect their homes from weather damage this winter. As the weather gets colder, frozen pipes and broken boilers both have the potential to ruin Christmas, but can usually be easily avoided with a few easy precautions, suggest Direct Line. Andrew Lowe, head of Direct Line home insurance, warns: “Homeowners shouldn’t forget the importance of taking precautions to protect homes against wintry weather.” There are various things that householders can do to try and avert disaster winter, such as a flooded home resulting from a frozen burst pipe, or a cold Christmas if the boiler packs up. Direct Line recommends insulating household pipes with preformed pipe insulation and replacing the washers on dripping taps, because if the taps freeze then the pipe will get blocked. Knowing where the water valves are is also important, so that the water can be quickly turned off in case a pipe does burst.

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