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Originally Posted by Belmont Resident
My sister in law was out of town for a month this past winter when we had our one and only cold snap. One of her doors that had not been completely shut blew open because of high winds. Furnace ran until out of fuel, then the whole house froze, solid.
Short version, over 70K in damages. The biggest cost was due to radiant heat in all the floors which was all pex and at some point burst.
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I believe it, the only saving grace for our client was that she shut the water off and it did not have any pressure behind the blockages. Creates an entirely different mess when the water can run.
We had a similar situation for a customer on Tenney Mountain, except it was the washing machine valve that blew on the second floor and it ran for a few days during the summer. Into 6 figures for repair and replacement of furniture.
I don't always turn the main off when going away, but I always close my washer valve!
The pressure coming out of the valve actually took the sheetrock off the walls and ceiling in the laundry closet which backed up to two bathrooms and two different bedroom walls, which also got stripped. Absolutely unbelievable to see and that was just on the second floor. Everything was gutted from the attic insulation to the crawl space.