Our water pipes froze in the last power outage, because a section of pipe outside the house wasn’t insulated. The guy who built the house ought to have insulated that pipe, but then, we should have checked these things before winter came, and we didn’t. As Heather Armstrong would say, "My advice to you is BE YE NOT SO STUPID."

Here’s how to prevent frozen pipes by insulating them. That’s what we’re going to do today.