A supply pipe splits inside the wall of a dwelling insured on a broad form, ruining plaster and flooring. The policy pays for:

Giải thích

Accidental discharge or overflow of water is a broad form peril that pays for the damage the escaping water causes, while the system or appliance the water came from is not itself covered under that peril. Replacing the split pipe is therefore the owner's own cost. Treating escaping water as excluded altogether describes the basic form rather than the broad form.