A frustrated moment of clarity...

[slipk1068]

Originally Posted by cubman1941

My moment of clarity came a week ago with my basement being flooded because of a water line break.

Everyone please be sure you have the braided steel hoses connecting the water lines to your washing machine. The older rubber ones can break especially as they age and dry out. I changed mine a few years ago after my sister had her basement flood because the rubber water lines burst.

They are easy to change and not expensive. I am guessing $10 x 2 water lines (hot and cold) =$20. I am not sure if this was what happened to cubman, but this is important enough that everyone should check.

[scottbdoug]

Originally Posted by slipk1068

Everyone please be sure you have the braided steel hoses connecting the water lines to your washing machine. The older rubber ones can break especially as they age and dry out. I changed mine a few years ago after my sister had her basement flood because the rubber water lines burst.

They are easy to change and not expensive. I am guessing $10 x 2 water lines (hot and cold) =$20. I am not sure if this was what happened to cubman, but this is important enough that everyone should check.

This public service announcement provided by ... 😀...But seriously take heed ppl everything he saying is true. I won't say why I know that would be too embarrassing 😀

[cubman1941]

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.

[Leon]

I sent an Obak poster to a company for consignment, many years ago, and they accidentally threw it away. They made it right but that kind of sucked.