WISCONSIN — As a winter storm sweeps through Wisconsin, it’s time to ensure your pipes are protected.

With temperatures again dropping to dangerous levels overnight Friday, more Wisconsinites are set to deal with faulty furnaces and burst pipes.

And for those whose furnaces were working, some simple steps could help to keep that water running as well.

The City of Neenah offered some tips to keep your pipes from bursting:

"Everybody right now should have their heat set at a minimum of 70 degrees," Christina Wiersgalla, vice president of operations for Wiersgalla Company Plumbing & Heating in Eau Claire, told Spectrum News 1. "This is not the time to be conserving on our energy bill."

In addition to turning the water on slightly to keep water moving through the pipes, hence making it harder for the pipe to freeze up entirely, Wiersgalla said homeowners should pop open cabinet doors as well.

"Everyone who's [at risk] of frozen pipes should open all cabinet doors under their kitchen sinks and [bathroom] sinks and laundry sinks," Wiersgalla added. "All those doors should be open and the air should be moving in and out of the cabinets."

If your pipes are already frozen, here are some way to thaw them:

Wiersgalla added that anyone who has a pipe burst should immediately go to his or her main water valve — typically in the basement — and turn off water to the home before calling in a crew to help fix the issue.

Not doing so would likely make the problem far worse.