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I don't. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, MGO Annual Member | |||
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Never. I'd have an easier time shutting of the main than reaching behind the washer to do this. Perhaps not a bad idea if gone from the house for a period. | |||
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I have a typical washing machine shut off valve with the single lever. It's located within easy reach right behind my unit. I shut it after every use without fail. It literally takes a second and it's one less thing I have to worry about. A few years ago, my neighbors spent the weekend at their summer house. When they returned home, their house was flooded. One of the washer hoses failed. It was a real mess. I've heard similar stories from other people as well. Yes, you have similar lines to the many fixtures in your home but I've never seen or heard of one failing. This issue seems to be much more common with washing machine hoses. | |||
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As an insurance adjuster...that is why you have it. That being said, the standard black hoses that come with a washing machine are such pure garbage that there was a successful class action lawsuit over them years ago. Yet, they are still what is supplied. Go with a steel braided or the plastic braided type hoses for all your supply lines. “People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” –Chuck Palahnuik Be harder to kill: https://preparefit.ck.page | |||
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Keep your eye on the hoses. Change them from time to time. Do you turn off the water at the main valve? Any plumbing fixture could fail, flooding the house. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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If I go away over night I shut the whole house off. In the business we were in I saw a few full basements due to burst washer hoses, but I don't turn mine off after each use. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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This thread reminds me that I've been wanting to change my hoses to braided SS. Like others have said, if I go away for more than a few days, I secure water to the whole house. But to answer the OPs question, I don't turn off the washer supply each use. SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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I don't - as others have mentioned - I also don't turn off the gas, electric or water main... I've had two water heaters fail/leak in the 20 some years that I've been on my own, but never a washer/sink/toilet hose. If anything history has shown that I should be turning the water heater off every time I leave. Shawn I reject your reality and substitute my own. --Adam Savage, MythBusters | |||
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My steel braided washer hoses have an additional flood protection mechanism. A too-large water flow (a burst somewhere) causes a plug to jam into the source end of the hose, stopping all water flow. Even so, I still turn off the quarter-turn valve after the wash cycle ends. Serious about crackers. | |||
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No. But I replace my hoses every 5 years. I write the year they were replaced in sharpie on them so I’ll know when they’re due. ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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I keep my system in operating condition and maintained. All i can say is if some are having to open and close valves with each use the systems are seriously neglected and in need of some upgrading. | |||
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what is your water pressure ? 25 ? 40? 60 ? 75? do you have anti water hammer device's on your water lines? Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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It's just smart to turn off the main water supply line coming into your house, or turn off the well pump if you have your own well, if you leave for an extended period of time. We have community water at my place. Pressure is about 110 psi coming in. 2 years ago my neighbor went to France for 2 weeks. About a month before their trip they installed a "self reporting meter" that is available from the water company. This meter logs usage every few minutes and send out a text message at midnight every night to the central reporting database. Its all visible to the consumers over the web. The water company GM also has alerts set up in case there's a problem. He got an alert overnight that my neighbor had "continuous water usage". He went over there first thing in the moring and knocked on the door, but no one answered (they were in Paris). He called me, and I called the owner. They gave me the garage door code. Their line to the toilet tank ruptured and sent 15,000 gallons of water into their house! It took months for all that to get straightened out. They now shut off the water when they leave. They also installed a pressure reducer to knock the pressure down to about 50 PSI. | |||
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You guys are making me paranoid, I've never shut off the washer line, never had so much as a small leak and the hoses are 20yrs old. Guess it's time to change them out for new braided ones. I can say that I shut off the main when I'm gone for an extended period. | |||
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We’ve never done it in the thirty years we’ve been homeowners. | |||
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A few years ago we had the ice maker water like break in the middle of the night. We didn't find it until the next morning. We had water everywhere. Even dripping the cars down in the garage. I went to Lowes to get a new water line. A salesman showed me some steel braided water lines that has a shut off valve built into the line. It will shut itself off if you get a sudden surge of water. I've replaced all the lines in the house with these. We also shut off the main water any time we are gone longer than a day. | |||
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I delivered appliance's for 7 years, only heard of washer fill hoses rupturing on four occasions, twice , the laundry rooms had floor drains and it was no great big deal. twice the owners had to have insurance cover a bunch of the cost of repairs /replacements. Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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Closing in on ten years of dealing with property claims, I've seen countless water lines of every type fail. I still do not turn my supply lines off on a daily basis. My new position has me in a hotel more than in my condo. I do turn the main off and flip the breaker on the H2O heater before hitting the road. | |||
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