Demand high for plumbers as pipes begin to defrost
Demand high for plumbers as pipes begin to defrost By Rilwan Balogun | February 18, 2021 at 4:11 PM CST - Updated February 18 at 4:28 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Most of Thursday Mudbug Plumbing technician Bill Hohensee spent most of his time at a business on Magazine Street with a pipe burst. Hohensee says aging infrastructure and this week’s freezing temperatures are a bad combination.
“This had a lot to do with old pipes, but the freeze is what made it bust,” Hohensee said, “with the water expanding in the freeze, it’s what caused the pipes to blow out.”