burst pipe
Frozen tube failure
A burst pipe is a pipe that has ruptured or split open, typically from freezing, corrosion, or pressure buildup.
The term usually refers to water pipes in buildings, where a burst causes flooding and water damage: We came home to find a burst pipe had flooded the basement.
Insurance policies and plumbers deal with burst pipes routinely, especially during cold snaps when water freezes and expands inside the pipe.
- leakEscape through a breach
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- waterClear essential liquid
- water damageDestruction from liquid intrusion
- plumberWater system tradesperson
emergency · gush · spray · rupture · copper · frozen · damage · repair · pressure · crack · basement · flooded basement · ceiling · drip · soaked · valve · shut off valve · wrench
- utility problemspower outage, blackout, brownout, water leak, gas leak
- damagebreakage, break, crack, fracture, dent
- Damaged Thingsbroken glass, broken window, cracked screen, shattered glass, shattered mirror
- excusesexcuse, not my fault, overslept, alibi, excuses
- infrastructure failuresbridge collapse, potholes, dam breach, power outage, water main breaks
- malfunctionsbroken, defective, glitch, faulty, error