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Field notes
This trade runs on a calendar more than people expect. The thaw, the freshet, the shutdown week in October. These are the dated notes on what is happening now and what it means for the month ahead.
- Book the October shutdown The shutdown work that prevents a burst pipe in a seasonal property is a short list, and August is when it gets booked. Here is the list and the reason. Read it →
- The thaw is the flood Pipes split at the thaw, not at the freeze. Why the busiest run of calls follows a mild afternoon, and why a property checked during the cold is unchecked. Read it →
- Frazil ice on the Beaver In late January the Beaver River rose sharply through Clarksburg and Thornbury because of ice, not rain. What frazil ice is and why it floods a village. Read it →
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