[Rick Lee]

When I lived in the finished basement of my first house, I often started a load of wash as I was leaving the house because it was kind of noisy. One I started a load and then got tied up on the computer before I could leave. I heard a pop, a hiss and then spraying water. The braided line from the copper pipe to the washer had ruptured. If I had left the house before that happened, it would have been a total flood.