– Κατ´αρχάς be careful when driving. If you have no experience driving on ice or snow, better to leave your car parked. If, Nevertheless, you should definitely drive, check the road conditions first and be sure to use snow chains, if required.
-If you don't drive, but you want to walk, make sure your shoes are suitable for icy or snowy pavements and roads, to keep you from slipping and keep you warm.
– At home it is necessary to protect piping from frost. You should know - and if you don't, find out in time- where your property's water switches are located, where is the water clock etc.
– The pipes of the solar water heater, the automatic surface watering, the taps on the balconies, they must be insulated as well as possible.
– If you don't have a power outage, your radiator may be working normally, just take care adjust your heating system correctly, so that it works without losses and make sure all radiators are performing as they should.
-Experts advise that at night is good leave a tap at the hot water point slightly open. Also try to store water in containers, in case you don't have running water the next day due to ice.
– In the event that some of your pipes freeze, immediately turn off the main water supply switch of your home and if you can, call a plumber as soon as possible.
– Limit water consumption, in washing machines or dishwashers and do not use a lot of water trying to remove snow or ice.
– Do a whole house check, so as to ascertain whether faucets or faucets in the bathrooms are leaking and the,what you discover, fix it immediately.
– At terraces and roofs, gutters must be cleared of leaves, branches, garbage, so that the water can be removed.
– End, check your electrical installations, if they are wet or risk getting wet and damaged, and isolate them.