Thread: Flex hose - reputable brands??

Why do they need replacing?

It does happen that these flexible hoses burst. The resultant damage can be quiet extensive if it is not quickly noticed and the water turned off.

Think of water logged cupboards, sodden floors and more!

Originally Posted by Bart1080

Anyone know of reputable flex hose brands?

Need to go through and replace all hoses as they are all over 10 years old.

Was thinking of replacing some with copper pipe eg: toilets but not sure if its worth the effort

Ram Tapware do a 15year warranty for general flex hoses.
I don't know if it is the same warranty for the mixer tap hoses.
Replace what you can with copper (chrome copper for toilets) if you can do it yourself, otherwise just replace the flex hoses.

The NRMA sent me an Email suggesting that I should change all Easy Hooker if more than 10years old. I think that they have had a lot of water damage in wet areas after the Easy Hookers had failed. I had a leak from the roof top swampy and found an Easy there had failed and was leaking onto the roof (thankfully) and it is only 5 years old

Originally Posted by chambezio

The NRMA sent me an Email suggesting that I should change all Easy Hooker if more than 10years old. I think that they have had a lot of water damage in wet areas after the Easy Hookers had failed. I had a leak from the roof top swampy and found an Easy there had failed and was leaking onto the roof (thankfully) and it is only 5 years old

Roof top swampy ???

Flex connectors are not made for external use as the stainless braid rusts allowing the inner rubber tube to burst.
Another problem with them in cupboards can be premature aging due to chemicals from hair sprays etc etc
And yes, insurers have been known to pay dearly for bursting leaking problems
Worst one I saw was a 2 level home where the joiner between the rheem solar hot water panels on the roof had burst (for the second time.)
First time it sprayed straight up in the air, no damage, but second time not so lucky, sprayed straight at the front and under the roof tile all day long
and flooded the home from top to bottom.

Originally Posted by rambunctious

Replace what you can with copper (chrome copper for toilets) if you can do it yourself, otherwise just replace the flex hoses.

...so if I replaced with copper (toilets), I'm guessing I'd also need to replace the flex hose screw on fitting thats sitting on the wall. I'd take a guess there are no suitable fittings to attach to the end of the copper pipe to attached to the flew hose wall fitting?

Originally Posted by Bart1080

...so if I replaced with copper (toilets), I'm guessing I'd also need to replace the flex hose screw on fitting thats sitting on the wall. I'd take a guess there are no suitable fittings to attach to the end of the copper pipe to attached to the flew hose wall fitting?

One of my toilets DSCN1051.JPG

If these things are installed correctly (no kinks) and aren’t in a corrosive environment, I don’t see how they can fail.

Originally Posted by jack620

If these things are installed correctly (no kinks) and aren’t in a corrosive environment, I don’t see how they can fail.

I'm sure people whose homes have been damaged by failures of flex connectors thought the same as you.
And FWIW a toilet is a corrosive environment, and, as I have already mentioned, so are the contents of some cupboards.

Originally Posted by rambunctious

I'm sure people whose homes have been damaged by failures of flex connectors thought the same as you.

Do you think so? I suspect they never thought about it at all, and missed the corroded braiding. I've checked all mine and none have any corrosion after nearly 20 years.

Originally Posted by rambunctious

And FWIW a toilet is a corrosive environment, and, as I have already mentioned, so are the contents of some cupboards.

I never said they weren't. I said if they weren't in a corrosive environment they shouldn't fail. I made no comment about what is and isn't a corrosive environment. That said, my three toilets haven't caused any corrosion on my braided flex hoses.