Prevent Flooding in your Home: How to be Flood Free!
Quick summary
This video teaches you how to eliminate a leading cause of catastrophic in-home flooding by replacing your cheap rubber washing machine supply hoses with durable stainless steel alternatives. You will learn the simple steps for unplugging the machine, shutting off the water, disconnecting the old hoses, and threading on the new ones. This fix is vital because the rubber hoses often fail due to pressure spikes when the washer's fill valve closes, potentially leading to massive leaks (like 3,000 gallons) and expensive insurance claims if you are away.
What you'll need and what to do
To try what's taught in the video, here's what you'll need and the exact steps to follow.
What You Will Need
• Washing machine
• Cheap rubber supply hoses (the culprit to be replaced)
• Stainless steel supply hoses (the replacement)
• Towel (to catch any drips)
• Pliers
Action Steps
1. Unplug the washing machine.
2. Put down a towel to catch any drips.
3. Shut off the water supply.
4. Disconnect the old hoses, treating them like a simple garden hose.
5. Reverse the process and thread on the new hoses (the stainless steel ones).
6. Get the new hoses hand tight.
7. Give the new hoses a quarter turn with the pliers.
8. Turn the water back on.
9. Check for leaks (top and bottom).
10. Plug the washing machine back in.
11. Slide the washer into place.
Word for word video transcript
Hey everyone, Brandon Nelson, and in one minute I'm going to show you how to eliminate one of the leading causes of in-home catastrophic flooding. Imagine the horror of going away for a weekend and you come home and 3,000 gallons of water have filled the entire house. It's a way too common insurance claim, it's real, and here's the culprit: it's these cheap rubber supply hoses on your washing machine. Every time you use your washing machine and that fill valve closes, it spikes the pressure in that hose, and it's right there where that cheap rubber meets that metal fitting—that's where it fails. The good news is it's an easy fix. We're just going to replace those hoses with some stainless steel.
Here's how you do it. First, you unplug the washing machine. Then just put down a towel to catch any drips. Then shut off the water supply and disconnect the hoses, just like you would a simple garden hose. Now, we're just going to reverse the process and thread on the new one. Now, I'm putting these on, you want to get them hand tight and then give them a quarter turn with the players. Now, we're going to turn the water back on and check for leaks. Not a single drop, top or bottom, that's a perfect installation. Plug her back in, slide the washer into place, and you are done. Blood-free home. This has been Brendan Nelson for one minute. I'll see you next time.
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