10 Tips to Prevent Freeze Damage

Editor’s note: Andrew Greess, a pest control equipment expert and president of equipment website Qspray.com, submitted this feature on the importance of protecting your equipment from freeze damage.

Don’t let freeze damage ruin your equipment and your day. Protect your equipment.  Take a little time for preventative action.  It will save you time, money and cancelled appointments.

Here are 10 tips to prevent freeze damage to your pest control equipment:

1.  If possible, store equipment in a heated space.

    

2. Drain Water from Sprayers.

    

3. Release the pressure.

    

4. On your power sprayers, open all valves

    

5. If you can’t completely drain sprayers, remove at risk components, e.g., spray guns, filters, pumps, etc.

    

6.  Put a heated blanket or cable over critical components.

    

7. If you can’t remove at risk components, run a little RV anti-freeze through the system.

    

8. Remove batteries and store inside.

    

9. NEVER run frozen equipment.  Let it thaw out.

    

10.  Remind techs to protect their equipment from freeze damage.

Andrew Greess is a pest control equipment expert and President of equipment website Qspray.com. Contact him at Andrew@Qspray.com.