Prevent Bursting Pipes and Fix the Ones That Do

By Tara Fix it How-to Plumbing

If you’ve never seen a burst water pipe — or the damage one causes — consider yourself lucky. According to Sate Farm Insurance, about 250,000 homes sustain water damage annually from this calamity, a result of frozen pipes. In fact, “damage” is too weak a word to describe the disastrous effect a water pipe can have when it gushes open inside your home.

We remodeled a basement that had a water pipe burst while the homeowners were on vacation. Water rose to about 6 inches in the 30 x 30-foot room and destroyed virtually everything in it: a pool table, clothes, electronics — even a wedding dress. Had there not been a shower in the basement to help drain some of the water, it would have been worse.

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