On Feb 20, 3:07 pm, "Toller" wrote:
A neighbor woke up to an inch of water on their first floor from a burst
washing machine hose. Got me to worrying.

I replaced mine with braided steel hoses; even splurged and got the ones
that shut off in case of a leak.

I know the rubber ones are supposed to be replace every 5 years, or
something like that; do the steel ones every have to be routinely replace?
Nothing on the package about it.


When I got my last house I added a set of shut off valves for the
washer. I suppose they are a ball valve , ? they just turn about 180
degrees. They are mounted just above the washer and clearly visible.

I had to relocate the electrical outlet the washer uses but that wasnt
much of a problem.