Washing machine hose...

[John Smith Esq.]

Hi all,

I have moved my washing machine into a different room and discovered that the flood proof (sometimes called aqua stop) inlet hose has turned red on the mechanism part. This apparently means the inner hose has leaked and according to the manufacturer, AEG, I must now replace the hose entirely. They sell them for the disgusting price of £35, plus postage. Few places seem to sell them.

What do people think of these things? Is it a gimmick? The other option is just put a conventional hose on it, like the one my Bosch dishwasher just came with (although weirdly they show an aquastop type in the manual). I bought a conventional one from toolstation yesterday and must say it seems quite cheap and nasty. All the stores are selling similar. There is always a proportion of people in the reviews saying the hose has failed and I am a bit paranoid about that. That said, AEG sell conventional ones and refer to them as "high quality".

Question: if I buy the hot water hose for my cold feed, will that work fine, or are the hot water ones designed to prefer hot water in some way? AEG's hot water pipe can take 60C hot water, but the cold one only 25C according to their specs. I could buy the cold one but they only do it in a ridiculously long length which I don't want.

Finally, the waste pipe on my washing machine has this rubber spigot thing on the end of it, for connecting to a sink waste. However, I am now intending to put the waste into a vertical open pipe. Can I just put that spigot into it, even though it would fill the vertical pipe? Just wondering if that setup needs air to be available to prevent a vacuum? I attach a photo of it.

Thanks

 

[denso13]

A good quality normal hose will be fine, hot or cold.

You want a bit of air getting into the standpipe, maybe need to trim the hose end a bit.

 

[Madrab]

If the appliance is located say in a flat etc then they can be handy as they obviously have the double barrier to avoid flooding. As suggested though a good quality standard hose should be fine. Rarely seen them burst and even then it was at the plastic ends where someone just hadn't set it out properly that and when the seals leak.

Also as suggested as long as the drain hose doesn't actually seal the end of the 40mm standpipe, which it shouldn't really, then it should be fine. If it does seal it up then yes trim it down or cut it off and use the cold former to hold it in place.

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

As above, never known an inlet hose split unless there was an underlying reason, (kinked or trapped behind the machine, or badly installed).

Drain hose, looks like the rubber 'wings' are designed to allow it to sit firmly and securely within a standpipe, yet allow the required air break. I would still fit the Crook to help shape the hose to fit into the standpipe.

 

[John Smith Esq.]

Thanks everyone!

Can I just check. Is it definitely fine to use the hot water hose for cold water inlet? There seems to be a specification difference where the hot hoses are able to take higher temperatures, and I assume they might be stronger for this. But there is hardly any difference in price really, about 75p. So why do they bother selling the cold ones? Gives me the impression it might matter somehow.

The cold ones unfortunately are only in 2.5m lengths and that is far too much and increases the risk of pinching etc behind the machine.

 

[denso13]

Is it definitely fine to use the hot water hose for cold water inlet?

Yes, no problem.

The cold ones unfortunately are only in 2.5m lengths

https://www.screwfix.com/p/flomasta-washing-machine-hose-blue-1-5m-x-3-4-/43260

 

[John Smith Esq.]

Yes, no problem.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/flomasta-washing-machine-hose-blue-1-5m-x-3-4-/43260

Thanks for that.

I got a similar one yesterday from toolstation which is very similar to those at your link and it doesn't look or feel very convincing. So I'm going to allow myself to be ripped off and order a "high quality" one direct from AEG. On the off chance it is better and reduces the odds of flooding my house... they only do hot at 1.5m so will just get that. Perhaps it will be a bit more robust if it is designed for 90 centigrade.