On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:36:18 -0700, sms
wrote:

On 8/29/2013 6:00 PM, wrote:
All the TV home repair shows recommend connecting
plumbing fixtures and clothes washers through steel braided
supply lines, but I noticed the hose inside those lines is just
unreinforced clear vinyl.

Are there steel braided lines they really less likely to break and flood
my house than regular lines made of just nylon reinforced rubber?
I ended up using soft copper tubing because I wasn't sure, but
copper wouldn't be practical for a dishwasher. So are there steel
braided supply lines that have reinforced hoses in them?

It makes people feel better to say "stainless steel" but the reality is
that these hoses can and do break and flood houses. My friend recently
had that happen causing thousands of dollars in damage.

What part of it broke? Did a strand snap and the weave come undone?

Did the stainles steel separate from the hose end and the inner hose
burst ?

I don't see how either of those could happen so I'd like to hear
details of what was wrong with the hose after it was over.



What you want are flood-safe hoses.