Winter weather precautions

Every winter millions of pounds of damage are experienced by businesses and households from burst pipes, roof snow collapses and water ingress.

By taking some basic precautions and planning ahead, many incidents can be prevented or the effects of damage minimised.  Our winter weather precautions advice sheet, produced by RiskSTOP, offers advice on how you can prevent burst pipes, minimise the damage of escaped water and how to avoid damage to sprinkler systems and roofs during bad weather.

• Winter weather precautions (pdf, 772 kb)