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The first week of January is a pipe-burst lottery
Vacation homes left winterized poorly. Tenants returning. Calls jump. Receptions are short-staffed.
From January 2 through January 9 is the highest-density pipe-burst window of the year in cold-climate states. Homeowners returning from holiday travel walk into ankle-deep water. Property managers find tenants screaming. The calls are emergencies and they all hit during the week the office is still scaling back up.