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Originally Posted by PennBF
Has anyone ever had the bathroom wall valve break within the wall and explode? The pipe blew completely out of the wall and allowed water to blast out almost to the level of a fire hose. With luck we were home and able to immediately shut water off to the house and get a plumber to fix the problem. Checked this with 4 plumbers and none had ever heard of this happening?  |
Was it the pipe or the valve screw on base? It the pipe blew out it could be several reasons. Improper gluing, fatigue, small crack that finely gave up. The on/off valve just screws on to the pipe, not glued. The water coming out is direct pressure from the water incoming line. 1/2" pipe under 60 psi or higher can push lots of water as you found out.