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Does your plumbing include flexible braided hoses?

MartyH
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Does your plumbing include flexible braided hoses?

Keen to hear more stories from plumbers about flexible braided hoses. It seems many are failing after 10 years. The potential damage a burst hose can cause is alarming. 

 

http://www.theage.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/flexible-braided-pipes-responsible-for-more-than-...

Isobel
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Re: Does your plumbing include flexible braided hoses?

That's a worry. I am going to check. I think I do have this type of pipe underneath the kitchen sink mixer. 

Isobel
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Re: Does your plumbing include flexible braided hoses?

Yep, I've got them in the kitchen, laundry and bathroom. :surprised: 

 

The article mentions an expiry date printed on the collar of the hose but I can't see anything. I think they would all be over 10 years old. 

Helen
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Re: Does your plumbing include flexible braided hoses?

Thanks for this post! I have one of these hoses going to cistern, about 7 years old, will be checking it regularly, can see it easily!

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