Do you leave your washing machine taps on?

[ten*teeny*tiny*toes]

I might need to re-think this. Water everywhere and carpets ruined. Not me, a friend who works away.

Just spent hours swooshing water out.

[janeababe]

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@imastawka wrote:

It's the hoses bursting off the taps that is the problem.  Yes, but what is causing it to burst off? Under normal everyday circumstances, hoses arent bursting of  laundry taps world-wide, are they?
Washing machines only draw water when required in the cycle. So, therefore, there shouldnt be any water under pressure in the tap when it is not drawing water. So, what makes the hose burst off in the first place?

If your taps aren't turned off, then the water gushes straight out of

the taps all over the floor. Only if the hose bursts off. Otherwise, it will just leak out of the joint between the tap and the connecting hose.

Toilet is different, Harley.  The tap is not connected with a rubber hose,

but a pipe.  Only in older buildings. toilet taps are joined by either a metal flexible hose or a rubber flexible hose now.

Zanadoo, I would suggest it's a washer.   Make sure you get one

that is specifically for hot water Yep 

Ten teeny you're right.    Probably cheap and nasty hoses to save money Yep

That'll be $350 thanks           the cheque is in the mail   LOL 

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[imastawka]

Rubber perishes over time and splits, so the water will not drip

but gush if the taps are turned on.

Maybe the crimping at the top is not well done

Never heard of the term 'water pressure?' - that's what will make it gush.

But washing machines seem to have a built-in obsolescence anyway

As for toilets  -  did not know about modern houses'  toilets having

flexible pipes.   But surely it's some kind of plastic hosing that would not

perish?

Can't ask BIL - would have to have a seance, sorry

Bottom line....I turn my taps off.....up to everybody else what they do

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

All houses have water pressure at the taps, so any leak is going to spill water. Modern homes use a nylon-wound flexible hose for under sink taps for both hot and cold water, as well as a dishwasher supply, and lines to toilets. I have never turned of any, including washer taps.  I replace those hoses every 5 years.

Will be interested to know  an insurance company's  response to a claim.

In 1989, as we were leaving for a long weekend, my SIL turned on the dishwasher.  It chose that time to spring a leak in a hose down below, and we returned to 3 inches of water in the kitchen and carpeted dining room.  The insurance agent (Jake) from State Farm checked on whether or not it was a "catastrophic" leak, rather than a slow leak over time.  They coughed up enough money for me to replace the underlayment in both rooms, and for me to tile both rooms.  They even paid me $40 each to remove the appliances.  Of course, having to buy a new dishwasher made it necessary to get a new stove, retile the counter tops, and install an over the stove microwave........and repaint the kitchen and dining room.

[janeababe]

well seances scare last nights tucker out of me, so will have to also, give it a miss.


My toilet has a metal flexible hose, like those used for dishwashers but i found this pic on Google, to show you what i meant.
I would have to assume the plastic hoses are not as long-lasting as their metal counterparts.

[lurker172602]

Re insurance.  Our dishwasher hose sprung a leak while we we're away for 3 weeks and flooded the room underneath.  Insurance (NRMA) covered replacing the carpet (which I hated anyway 🙂 ), the mattress and bedding and repainting.

oh, and a new hose for the dishwasher 🙂

[janeababe]

diswashers are nortorious for setting house fires.
My sisters kitchen was almost a catastrophy when their dishwasher burst into flames. Lucky they were home.

our dishwasher caught fire but it went out as quick as it started. I came home from work one night and said to the hubby and daughter... whats burning? I could smell it but they couldnt. I tracked it down to the diswasher when daughter said it wouldnt sart. When hubby pulled it out , the entire back of it was one big scorch mark!  We were so lucky.
Since then, I have never set the dishwasher unless we are at home.

[ten*teeny*tiny*toes]

Damage is substantial I think.

They sent carpet people to dry it out. One look and that wasnt going to happen. 

They had some doovalaky....to measure things.

Lloyds you mentioned the gyprock. This device said 700 up the wall.

[lloydslights]

DoovalackyProbably a Moisture Meter.

Looks like this "event" is going to get even messier and  more inconvenient to the homeowners waiting on tradesmen if it is approved for the gyprock to be removed from the base of the walls and replaced (after the floorplates and studs have dried out enough accordingly to that "doovalacky").

My amateur advice is to get this remedial work approved as soon as possible, otherwise the works may not be completed before Xmas.

DEB

[sphiaa_26]

No, we do not leave our washing machine tap on as it is the cause of wastage of water so we do not think keeping tap open is a good option. If you have more such question then contact us geek squad tech support we would love to hear them and also give you a proper solution to it. 

[kopenhagen5]

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