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Metro Atlanta plumbing corporations busy with requires damaged pipes

Metro Atlanta residents are dealing with water pipes freezing and bursting.

The issue is impacting everyone, from homes to high-rises.

Many plumbing companies are working non-stop, responding to situation after situation.

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“These exterior walls are the ones that’s going to get the coldest. So as you can see right here, you got a busted pipe,” Adrian Gonzalez with Roto-Rooter told Channel 2 Action News’ Larry Spruill.

This is just one of the situations that Gonzalez said his crews have been dealing with.

“As you can see, the ceiling just collapsed,” said Gonzalez.

The recent sub-freezing temperatures have been causing a lot of issues around the metro area when it comes to pipes.

“Oh my gosh, I would say Friday night is when everything started to kick off. Saturday and especially, yesterday on Christmas, it’s been crazy busy,” Gonzalez said.

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Channel 2 has reported on broken pipes across the metro Atlanta area over the last couple of days, from Fairburn to Downtown Atlanta, where many apartments and businesses flooded.

“We’ve had busted pipes, everywhere. I’ve been doing this for about 20 years, I’ve been working here in Atlanta for 12 years and I’ve never seen it like this before,” Gonzalez said.

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Gonzalez said there are ways you can prevent this from happening.

“One of the most common ways, and it’s really simple, is if you leave your faucets dripping overnight, so that you can have some water constantly flowing through the pipes,” Gonzalez said. “They also sell these covers that you put on the outside spigots to protect the spigots from freezing up.”

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