Braided steel hoses are the way to go and they should be changed every 5 year or so also. What happened to me was the city replaced a fire hydrant and didn't do it properly and the line burst at a coupling. The flow of water was so great it came over the curb and down my driveway. I was the unlucky one in the neighborhood, neighbor next to me was too close to the break and the neighbor down the street was far enough down so the force wasn't strong enough to come into her driveway. The mud piled up at the top of my driveway and send a lot of the water down. But - do use braided steel hoses on your washing machines.
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