In case you need to winterize an unoccupied home or make major plumbing repairs, here are the steps to drain all the water from a house's plumbing.

so they had plumbers come out to gut the home’s plumbing system and make adjustments to a bathroom upstairs. “They were cutting into the ceiling in my bathroom,” Leitch told USA TODAY.

such as inside the home or near the hot water heater, for easier access during a water emergency. You can also have a plumbing company replace the type of valve, like older multi-turn valves with ...