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Posted by Jeff Wisnia on September 23, 2006, 5:15 pm
Jeffery Jones wrote:
> After reading that Washing machine hoses, etc are statistically the
> biggest cause of flooding, I would like to prevent this.
>
> I currently have a standard washing machine wall box with 2 standard
> multi-turn boiler water valves. I would like to retrofit a single
> lever dual-valve shutoff in place of the 2 standard valves.
>
> The house is about 10 years old, but I have no idea if the valves
> are threaded or soldered in place. I'd have to rip out the drywall
> around the Washer box to either hold the nut to unscrew the old valves
> or to be able to unsolder the old valves.
>
> 1.) Is this a good idea?
>
> 2.) Could a plumber do all this including cutting out the drywall,
> etc?
>
> 3.) What about a no-construction jackleg sort of solution which
> would be 2 hosepipe-to-1/2"-adapters so that the dual-valve would be
> installed outside the boiler valves?
Definitely a good idea to install one, but are you sure that you can
train all the machine users to remember to shut the valve off when they
are done using the machine? And what happens if a hose decides to blow
from the water hammer when a washing machine solenoid valve closes, and
no one is right there keeping an eye on things?
You might want to consider using an automatic water detecting shut off
valve set like this one:
http://tinyurl.com/naqj9
Using one of those systems takes care of the issues I raised, plus you
won't have to do any wall ripping or soldering either.
And, if you want to be really anal about it, you can push the "OFF"
button on the controller when the laundry is done. <G>
HTH,
Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
"What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?"
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