Great advice, I had a friend who had a toilet tank crack while away, it is the last thing I do when going away from my house for more than a day.
Check your laundry washer hoses.
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I have a spare set and I'll probably try and figure out how long the existing ones have been installed. I guess if I can't figure it out, I'll just replace them. They are Eastman brand and I got them for maybe $5 each at a Restore store. Some store must have donated stock 'cause they're still packaged and like new (not old dust-covered).
I do turn off the water supply to the clothes washer but nothing else and only when we're gone for days or longer, i.e. vacation. Reason I only do it to the supply lines is I've read they can burst. Just never consider fixtures or piping failing though I know it can.
Don't you have an inside shut-off ?
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Great reminder - I also “exercise” the shut off valves several times each year since they stay open otherwise …
Yes but I like to turn it off at the street...before the water meter...so nothing can go wrong while I am away...
Hoses usually go bad from the inside to the out...
I bought new hoses for our washer and they both leaked at the fittings. No mater what I tried to seal them. Took them back and reopen stalled the hose that came with our washer. Can you still buy us made hoses?
I put high quality quarter turn ball valves on mine and they are always shut off when not in use.
All is moot on a modern front loader. On a 10 gallon convention washer, it does matter.
The water fill flow rate does not matter on a conventional style top-loader. Top-loaders use a pressure sensor switch connected to a Tygon tubing standpipe to shut off flow only after the water reaches the correct level for the load selected. With low-water flow rates, it just takes longer to complete the proper fill level. The level sensor is shown around the 2 min, 20 sec. mark in this video.
Fill rate does matter. Why? Todays electronically controlled washers also track the amount of time it takes water to get to its preset levels. If it takes too long to fill the machine then it goes into flood protection mode shutting down fill and goes into drain mode. Error codes will trigger also.
Sediment plugged inlet valve screens were almost a weekly service call when I was on the job. Primarily the cold inlet side. Mostly with private well clients, not as much on city water but it did happen.
I eyeball my fill hoses occasionally. I'm a veteran of the old rubber hoses with the giant blisters forming on the crimped ends. More prominent on city water with higher line pressures has been my observations.
Sediment plugged inlet valve screens were almost a weekly service call when I was on the job. Primarily the cold inlet side. Mostly with private well clients, not as much on city water but it did happen.
I eyeball my fill hoses occasionally. I'm a veteran of the old rubber hoses with the giant blisters forming on the crimped ends. More prominent on city water with higher line pressures has been my observations.
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I sent back the cheapo chinesium ones I got on Amazon. Went to Home Depot and got some EVERBILT hoses. Stout and seem to have some nice build quality. Actually recommended by This Old House (TV Show.) Seem miles better than what I got on Amazon. Installed and been running them a few days now. No leaks and seems to work like a charm.
We had 16 years on ours, original rubber hoses, always meant to replace, but then sold the home 
(I dont recommend this practice)
(I dont recommend this practice)
I had that happen to me about twenty years ago. Water overflowed out of the washer. The tubing came off the level sensor. I would suggest to anyone to add a zip tie as a clamp to prevent the line from coming off.
I’m starting to think maybe I did replace them at some point around the 10 year mark. I started to remember I bought new hoses at some point. Maybe around 10 years. I’m not someone who would let something like this be ignored.We had 16 years on ours, original rubber hoses, always meant to replace, but then sold the home
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Incredibly the original rubber fill hoses on our 30 year old Maytag washer were completely fine when I replaced them. They don't make then like they used to? The new top load washer came with these Eastman hoses. They seem alright but time will tell.
My back up plan was to use these Fluidmaster hoses with a larger ID: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Fluidma...ing-Machine-Hose-2-Pack-9WM60P2HEP3/204190880
My back up plan was to use these Fluidmaster hoses with a larger ID: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Fluidma...ing-Machine-Hose-2-Pack-9WM60P2HEP3/204190880
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