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UTILITY NEWS • UTILITY NEWS • UTILITY NEWS • UTILITY NEWS • UTILITY NEWS UTILITY NEWS • UTILITY NEWS • UTILITY NEWS • UTILITY NEWS • UTILITY NEWS LED lights are just as festive and a safer alternative for holiday lighting Keep the swimming pool in the backyard this winter - not the basement THE LOVELAND For many, the holidays are as much compromised, faulty strings. furniture, drapes and other Just like a soda pop can left in the only drip—anything more than a • Protect faucets, outdoor pipes about the decorations as the gifts, • When using strings of lights that flammable materials. freezer overnight, pipes exposed to drip or faint trickle wastes water. and pipes in unheated areas City Update VOLUME 10 | NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER 2014 cookies and fudge, and holiday plug into each other, never attach • Never place lights closer than freezing temperatures for too long by wrapping them with covers parties. But decorating, especially more than three strands together. 10 feet from outdoor power lines, are subject to freezing and possibly designed to protect outdoor faucets when it comes to holiday lighting, • Ensure that extension cords and and always be aware of power lines bursting. from freezing. These covers are must be done with care. Improper while hanging lights. placement and use of lights can power strips are not placed in Pipes that freeze most frequently available at hardware stores and water or snow. • Use wooden or fiberglass ladders Public art graces new City projects create dangerous hazards if not are those exposed to severe cold home improvement stores. done properly. when decorating outdoors as metal Loveland’s west side ladders conduct electricity. like outdoor hoses, swimming pool • Cover faucets with insulated foam comes alive with three Make sure to follow these tips to be supply lines, sprinkler systems, covers, cut off water to exterior safe this holiday season: • Always inspect the ladder to big art installations ensure it is safe. and water supply pipes in unheated faucets and open faucets to drain • Make sure electrical decorations interior areas such as basements pipes, or install exterior faucets • Be sure that electrical cords ublic art is as much a are approved by a nationally and garages. Pipes that run against that cut water supply off inside foundation of Loveland’s recognized certification are not plugged in at an angle P exterior walls that have little or no foundation walls. brand as valentines and cherries. organization. or positioned where they can be pinched, such as in windows. insulation are also vulnerable. • If you’re going to be gone all day Proliferation of sculpture, • Make sure decorations used If a pipe freezes and bursts: murals and other prominent • Use zip cords instead of metal or for an extended period of time, outdoors are marked for outdoor • Look for light-emitting diode More often than not, the ice • Shut off water at the main valve. artworks throughout the City, even staples, tack or nails to hang lights. set the thermostat at a minimum of use. (LED) lights. They pull so little blockage that forms in a pipe Most likely this valve will be extending to no-longer-mundane electricity that they are unlikely to • Always unplug decorative lights 55 degrees. Interior temperatures electrical transformer boxes, • Inspect light strings for is not usually responsible for located on the inside basement overload circuit breakers or fuses when leaving home and before bed. below 55 could be problematic for defines the City for residents and dangerous bare wires, loose causing the pipe to burst. What wall closest to the street. It is connections, cracked bulbs like conventional lights can. the home’s pipes. visitors alike. For more information call Loveland more commonly occurs is that as generally located near the water and frayed wiring. Throw out • Keep lights away from carpeting, Building projects on Loveland’s Water and Power at 962-3000. ice continues to form in the pipe, • Make sure there is warm air softener. The valve itself will west side this fall have raised the water pressure inside the pipe circulating near vulnerable pipes. usually be large, metal and have a art profile even higher, with the Suss out the big energy users with a watt reader increases between the location of Opening cabinet doors under the sturdy handle. sudden appearance of monumental the frozen blockage and the faucet. sinks in the kitchen and bathrooms sculpture pieces at three public Find out just how efficient appli- for customer use. Fight • Call a plumber. Keep their phone F.O.G. This increased water pressure is can help keep pipes from freezing construction sites. ances and electronics in your home The Watt Reader Kits include a number handy for quick access in this Holiday Season! usually the cause of an actual burst by letting warmer air from the “For me, public art – the very really are with a Watt Reader Kit. Kill-A-Watt power meter with emergencies. words – explain that it is art that and the break is often in a different room, in. you encounter on a daily basis,” A watt reader is a handy device that instructions, and an Energy Guide • If floors and especially carpet location than the ice blockage. Outside the home: said Loveland Cultural Services allows you to individually monitor booklet with information about are saturated with water, remove Once a pipe has failed a lot of Director Susan Ison, who laid the the electric use and electricity usage • Drain sprinkler system supply as much as possible with mops inconvenience to the homeowner foundation for the City’s public art assist in identifying and helpful tips lines and pool circulation systems and shop vacs. Companies that program three decades ago. usually follows. Frozen pipes can those appliances to reduce energy and have them winterized. specialize in water damage “Museums and galleries are cause floods within the home, that are big energy consumption. restoration can also be called. great places to visit to see art, Sculptor Robert Tully stands behind newly installed “Compass,” the centerpiece of his three- damage to carpet and furniture but these are pieces that people part Overland Trail tribute that are featured artworks at Mehaffey Park, opening on Loveland’s users. For more west side in Summer 2015. and headaches for homeowners While winter temperatures and encounter in their daily routines. Thanks to a information call signifying unity in buff sandstone reflecting on the history of the stuck with the clean up. But there weather pose many challenges, They beautify. They enhance.” and steel by Denver sculptor Andy Overland Trail that flanked collaborative effort Loveland Water Keep Fats, Oils and Grease out of your drain to are ways to protect pipes from keeping pipes open and operating Three big statements Dufford. Loveland’s foothills. between the Loveland Public Library and Power at 962-3000. prevent clogs and backups. freezing. is doable with the right tools and Entry to the new Public Works Mehaffey Park, the emerging At the Oct. 25 dedication of Fire and Loveland Water and Power, Cool it, Can it, Trash it! knowledge. Administration Building on jewel of the City’s park system Station No. 2, Pueblo ceramic artist Inside the home: residents can check out watt readers Loveland Water and Power 970-962-3000 West First Street at the Loveland on its western edge, will feature Ken Williams publicly introduced For more info call Loveland Water to take home. The Library currently www.cityofloveland.org/Pretreatment • In the event of very cold weather, Service Center takes visitors a trilogy of pieces by Louisville “Reflections,” a monumental work www.facebook.com/LovelandWaterandPower and Power at 962-3000. has five Watt Reader Kits available allow indoor faucets to drip, but past “Interconnections,” a work sculptor Robert Tully, each inspired partly by the remembrance (continued on page 2) 5 6 1 Public art (from page 1) “Overland Trail Series,” Following these home-safety tips will help keep the season safe and merry Loveland Lights provides weekend of family-friendly holiday activities Robert Tully of firefighters who died Sept. 11, The holidays are the peak season Throughout the house: • Have the chimney inspected and This year’s Loveland Lights, Throughout the weekend children ‘Find the Nutcracker’ contest. 2001, at the World Trade Center. for home fires. To ensure a safe • Keep space heaters three feet cleaned by a professional at least December 6-7, is a weekend of The library will be adorned with The three artists created and holiday season, follow these away from combustible materials. once a year. fun holiday activities for the decorated holiday trees, the installed the works for a total cost important safety tips: • Don’t overload electrical outlets whole family. This year’s event Galleria will be filled with of just under $200,000, paid for • Keep candles in non-tip holders In the kitchen: and ensure all cords are free of celebrates a perennial holiday entries for the Gingerbread under provisions of the Art in and away from children and pets. damage. favorite—the Nutcracker. Challenge, plus attendees Public Places program that City • Keep pot handles turned inward. • Never leave burning candles Saturday’s activities include will enjoy a holiday book Councilors enacted in 1985. The On a tour of the rolling west Loveland coach, or a wheel. Then I found a picture of a • Keep a working fire extinguisher • Keep combustibles away from unattended. a presentation by naturalist and bake sale, a model ordinance steers 1 percent of the landscape that next summer will open as compass, an older brass compass, in a case. I stove tops and other heat sources. on-hand and know how to use it.

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