Re: Washing Machine Disaster.
Having twice suffered leaks from a washing machine and dishwasher, I have been looking into the anti-flood devices. I have fitted several of these for customers but not for myself.
You can buy an anti-flood hose which simply replaces your existing one. It is basically a hose within a hose and the idea is, if the inner hose splits, the outer hose recognises this and shuts off the water supply. But I was thinking how unlikely it would be that just the inner hose splits and it would not work if bitten by rodents.
There is also a plastic tray which can be bought and placed under the appliance but if you did have a leak, it would be difficult to slide the appliance out without spilling the water anyway. A lot of dishwashers have an internal float which stops the appliance from working should water build up in the base. This is what happened to mine but again, when I slid it out, the water went everywhere.
So, I'm not convinced that any of the fail safes are worth buying.
Has anyone else bought them and has it helped at all?