The House

Our home is located in Phoenix AZ and was build in the 1950's. The style in Phoenix in the 50's is a single story block home on a poured concrete foundation. The laundry room is located on one end of the home where the hose running to the washing machine burst. Bedrooms are located at the other end of the home.

The Flood

The best we can tell, the hot water hose connected to the back of the washing machine burst around 7pm and ran for about 12 hours until the neighbor came over to check on the pets about 7am the next morning. Yes, I know and have been told a dozen times to shut off your water before going away.. The house has a main bearing wall that runs the length of the home and the water following this wall and then moved out to flood the bedrooms, closets, kitchen, living room etc.. Interestingly, the water flowed right past two exterior doors that were less than 4 feet away from the burst pipe. I'd always thought, if there is a break in any of those pipes, the water would go right out those doors (boy was I wrong).