The freeze breaks we see in newer Bee Cave houses cluster on the outside of the building. An exterior-mounted tankless unit and its short exposed runs, a hose bib on the far side of the house from anything heated, the line out to a pool equipment pad or an outdoor kitchen, and supply runs in a north-facing wall the sun never touches. A burst pipe in any of those puts water into a wall cavity or along the slab edge, and the wall says nothing about it until the drywall darkens at the bottom.
Timing decides the size of it. A frozen pipe stays plugged by its own ice while the cold holds and starts running when the temperature comes back up, which is often a day or two after everybody stopped paying attention to the weather. In a house that sits empty between visits, that water runs at line pressure with nobody there, and the difference between one wet wall and two ruined floors gets measured in hours.
What a freeze break leaves behind
We trace the wet path with moisture meters and a thermal camera before anything is opened, because water travels further inside a wall than the stain suggests and often crosses into a floor assembly. Openings go in at the edges of the wet zone, wet insulation comes out, and air goes into the cavity with dehumidifiers behind it. Stone or stucco outside makes no difference to the method, since a wall like that can only be dried from the room side anyway. Framing is re-read daily and nothing is closed until it holds a dry number.
- The wet path mapped with meter and thermal imaging before the first opening
- Controlled access cuts at the edges of the wet zone, wet insulation removed
- Cavities dried from the room side, with daily readings on the framing
- Cause, damage, and readings documented from the first hour for the claim

A sudden burst is usually treated as an accidental loss on a Texas homeowners policy, though carriers do ask what the house was doing at the time, whether the heat was on and whether anyone was checking on it. We write down what we find and let your adjuster work from facts. Your plumber repairs the pipe. We take out the water it left. Call (512) 271-5099.










