Floodchek hoses - good? Bad? Worth the money? Overkill? Thanks.

I have no experience with those in particular, but I'd recommend at least ones with a braided jacket. We got calls a few times over the years from people with many.. MANY feet of water in the basement from washing machine lines bursting. Because of this I always shut my water off when I'll be gone over night.

Don't be fooled by braided hoses, make sure the connectors are brass and not plastic,caught one early before any damaged occurred. It cracked where the hose meets the connector.

https://www.amazon.com/Fluidma...inless/dp/B00911CIE0

even if you have a drain in the laundry room , these are a good Idea.

I haven't seen Brad post since last year. I hope he is doing alright.

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Originally posted by Ackks:
I haven't seen Brad post since last year. I hope he is doing alright.

I’m friends on FB with him, I get the impression he’s just extremely busy with work and his ambulance gig.

Good to hear! Thanks!

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Originally posted by tsmccull:
Floodchek hoses

About ten years ago I installed these in a family member's house. My experience was every time the main water supply valve to the house was shut off, when it was turned back on, one or more fixtures stopped working. Perhaps this was due to turning the water back on too quickly. I do not know if the floodchek lines functioned normally, or if they would have prevented a flood as designed.

I got tired of having to remove and re-attach toilet supply lines and I switched as many as I could to normal braided stainless lines.

The anti flood lines wouldn't work for my HE washer - the valve opens/closes so quickly that the hose would prevent flow at adequate pressure. Pissed me off that the appliance place upsold me on them and then they wouldn't even work - they also wouldn't take them back because they had been 'used'.

Since then I've gone with regular stainless hoses with good heavy ends.

Flood sensors suck, as a plumber, believe me, they suck. As mentioned above, little things make them quit. Invest in regular S.S. braided hoses instead. Fluidmaster has not disappointed me yet.

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Originally posted by wreckdiver:
Flood sensors suck, as a plumber, believe me, they suck. As mentioned above, little things make them quit. Invest in regular S.S. braided hoses instead. Fluidmaster has not disappointed me yet.

Would you, as a plumber, recommend replacing them after a given number of years, just on principle? How many years?

As a Plumber I always heard lifespan of rubber WM hoses to be 2 years. They usually go much longer but they are the greatest source of residential flooding according to the Insurance Adjustors.
Braided SS is the minimum to use.