Hello,
Is it possible to get washing machines hoses in any length other than a metre? I realise you want enough slack to be able to pull the machine out but I really would like some shorter ones.
Is it ok to cut the waste pipe to a shorter length or is it essential to keep the rubber ferrule on the end?
Thanks, Stephen.
In what situation is it not feasible to use the standard metre ones? - they are a metre long for a reason.
What reason is that? I thought they were that size because it was a good compromise for the manufacturers. If they were too long they would cost more to make but if they were too short customers would complain, so this was somewhere between the two extremes.
A quick google finds many posts from people needing longer hoses.
I'd like shorter hoses for two reasons:
Are the connection points also in the space used by the washer? Shift 'em into an adjacent cupboard then the machine will go back as far as it can. Having them in a cupboard also means you can turn 'em off without dragging the machine out when summat starts leaking...
A few months ago someone on the top floor of a tenement building had a major disaster with, I was told, some kind of Y coupling between her dishwasher and her washing machine. (I suspect her boyfriend did the work). The result was flooding of her flat, the one beneath on the second floor, my about-to-be-let flat on the first floor, and even the ground floor flat, whose occupants called the fire brigade (!). (Who BTW say they don't respond to water leaks.)
Damage to my flat alone was 2000.
Most machines rock to and fro. If the hose(s) are too short, disasters are likely, especially if it's mains pressure water.
A metre sounds a bit on the *short* side to me.
Does to me as well with a 600 deep worktop and space to get an arm in, say another 100, that's only 150 each end to have the pipe curve through without putting undue strain on connectors...
When my son's flat flooded they came out and turned off the main water for him. They also turned off every other stop c*ck in the place just in case, took me a while to get it all going again.
He now knows _exactly_ where the main stopcock is. Which was just as well when the pushfit feed into the replacement cistern popped off. And didn't help the ground floor shop at all when the neighbour had a split washing machine hose. That's three floods in a year...
Andy
OK. Good reason for us to get a new machine then, since new plumbing is gonna be cold feed only.
I went out of my way to find a hot & cold fill machine about 5 years ago, it uses far less water than my previous machines, to the extent that it barely has chance to drain the dead-leg, unless I remember to run the hot-tap first.
Its fairly easy to shorten them. They're plastic end fittings with hose pushed over them, anda metal sleeve crimped on. Cut off the metal sleve with an angle grinder, die grinder, or even tinsnips more slowly. Shorten hose, push it on the end connector, and add a jubilee clip in place of the original sleeve.
NT
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