Plumbers Battling Frozen Pipes

Brian Simmons of Frasier’s Plumbing, Heating & Cooling in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, encounters working conditions in the winter that his southern counterparts don’t typically have to worry about. Cold, yes. But in recent weeks Simmons and his fellow northern plumbers have been experiencing cold on another level.“You can bundle up with multiple layers, but you can only handle it for so long and then you have to get back into your truck or a building to warm yourself up,” Simmons says. “I don’t think you can dress warm enough for 40 or 50 below. In some situations, like when we have