Winter brings a number of challenges to churches. There’s snow to shovel, coats to store, parking lots and driveways to clear and more. One thing that can easily slip your mind may provide the biggest headache of all, however: frozen pipes.

Frozen pipes can cause a number of different problems and require expensive repairs. Poorly insulated pipes can burst as temperatures drop below 20 degrees F and over 500,000 homes and buildings per year have issues with frozen pipes.

The video from Brotherhood Mutual below offers some great tips for keeping your building safe from frozen pipes this winter: