When did you last check your washing machine hoses?

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  1. JamDrop

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    We've just replaced the rubber door seal on our washing machine as it was horrible. The washing machine came with the house and we kept expecting it to die anytime soon but it seems to still be going strong after replacing the carbon brushes a couple of years ago so I decided enough was enough and the seal needed replacing. Bit of a fiddly job but only £14.99 for new seal from eBay so very happy with that. To get to it though, we needed to pull the washing machine out from under the counter and saw that the hose had 3 huge bulges in it. Seriously, I reckon one more wash and they would be done for. It was completely fine when we did the carbon brushes otherwise we would have replaced it then. I feel very lucky we coincidentally looked at it now, otherwise, that could have been a very messy and expensive accident waiting to happen. Apparently, you're supposed to change them every 3-5 years (or replace them with braided stainless steel ones) and they're a major cause of flooding. Who knew?

    Photo of part of said hose (ignore the muck, the floor will be cleaned before the washing machine is put back, it seems to be a dog hair and bit magnet):

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    Edit: just removed the pipe and it actually has 8 bulges :eek::oops:
     
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    @Stephen Dawson will be along shortly to tell us all about the time he discovered a bulge in his hose.
     
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    :D:D
     
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    Sorry @JamDrop but life's too short to check my hoses!
     
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    Me too, I got hoses in different area codes
     
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    That made me laugh!
     
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    Rather chop my toes off with hatchet
     
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    Than look at a pipe? Bit extreme!
     
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    I'm not looking at mine. Ignorance is bliss :D
     
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    Have you just bought shares in a washing machine spares company?
     
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    I’d probably encourage people to let it burst if I did so that they’d buy a new one. I’m just a bit thick and didn’t realise it was a thing and wondered if I was alone. I guess that’s the consequence of renting for years, I’d just ignore stuff and think it’d be the landlord’s problem if anything went wrong.
     
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    If it's any consolation @JamDrop I've never done anything to my washing machines other than put the clothes in and turn them on and they've never leaked and mostly lasted between 5 and 10 years.
     
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    Our last one leaked in our rented flat and tripped the electrics so I’m probably a bit paranoid! We did live there 10 years though and I don’t know how long the machine had been there before that.
     
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    I’m just that way inclined
     
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