toggle menu Fast, Prompt, & Reliable Winterization Service Master Plumbers Providing Quality Service to Maine For Over 40 Years FREE ESTIMATE CALL FOR SERVICE Winterization If you are leaving your home or other building unoccupied for an extended period of time during the winter, it can make sense to protect it from freeze damage by having the domestic water and heating system winterized. Nichols Plumbing can help you unfreeze pipes and prevent them from freezing in the first place. Nichols Plumbing has been winterizing homes, camps, and commercial buildings for the past 30 years. When we leave the building, you can be assured there is no water left in the water lines, and every trap was treated with non-toxic heat transfer. The peace of mind that comes from knowing you will return to a damage-free home in the spring is worth the call to Nichols Plumbing’s winterizing specialists. Winterization Services The domestic water system is the water that flows to your faucets and fixtures. We winterize the domestic water by shutting off the supply. Then, we blow high-pressure air through the system to ensure that no water remains in the pipes. Next, we put special, environmentally-friendly anti-freeze into the traps. This keeps them from freezing and minimizes evaporation. This lets the traps continue to perform their function of keeping sewer gasses from coming into your home. Hot Water Heater Winterization A hot water heating system can be winterized in one of two ways: The first option is to blow it out with high-pressure air, as described above. Using this option, the heating system is completely inoperable until it is refilled with water. The second option is to add environmentally-friendly anti-freeze to the heating system. Using this option, the heat can be left on low, but in a power outage, the heating system will not freeze up. Scheduled Winterizing Services Nichols has residential and commercial customers who have been using our winterizing service for the past 30 years because we do it right. Most of our customers give us a copy of their keys. Then, they call us 2 – 3 weeks before the appointment to let us know when they would like to have their water closed for the winter or opened for the summer. We will schedule the work and let the customer know when the job is complete. Maine Service Area Our service area is the greater Bangor and Brewer area. We have done winterizing in Bangor, Brewer, Hampden, Orono, Hermon, Holden, and more. If you are not in these towns, please contact us to see if you are in our service area. High Praise From Our Clients I tried several plumbing companies in the Bangor and Brewer area. I found Nichols Plumbing and Heating is the best. I definitely will give them a call again if I run into any other heating and plumbing problems. - Luke T. This spring, we experienced sewer problems. Being an elderly couple in our 80’s, we had no clue what to do! We found a list of local city approved companies, one of which was Nichols Plumbing and Heating. We would recommend this company to everyone that requires their services. Five Stars! - Carol K. Nichols Plumbing just installed two toilets for us. Chad, the plumber, was great. Personable and eager to please. He was so careful not to make a mess and cleaned up everything. He would have washed the floor if I had asked. - Necia Y. Absolutely amazing service. I was in a bind with worsening leaking in the basement pipes. My husband was still not home for another week. I had a terrible phone call with another local plumber and felt worried and defeated. - Lindsay H. Steve did everything he could think of to get that line open short of standing on his head! He left defeated, and my next option was expensive excavation. Steve was helping me coordinate that as well- really going above and beyond. - Cheryl A. For Over 40 Years Our Master Plumbers Have Provided Quality Plumbing Service 24-Hour Emergency Plumbing Service FREE ESTIMATE CALL FOR SERVICE 26 Airport Road, #C, Brewer, Maine 04412 | 207-989-1533 | Home Drain Cleaning Plumbing Septic Service Sewer Line Replacement Winterization About Contact Free Estimate Website Design & Development © 2021 Links Web Design, Bangor, Maine | Sitemap Website Content Copyright © 2021 Nichols Plumbing and Heating