John Smythe wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >"John Smythe" > wrote
> > > >
> > >
> > > Here....."The drain from the sink and tub was an old copper pipe
> > > that had corroded and burst.
> > >
> >
> > I've never seen a pipe with no pressure burst. What would make a
> > drain pipe do that?
>
> Corrosion?

Freezing as well can do it. Kinda wrong season for that in the
northern hemisphere.

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