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c/ask-anything•quinna89quinna89•1mo ago

The day I flooded my basement trying to fix a washing machine hose

I was in my laundry room last Saturday with a pair of pliers and a new $12 hose, but I forgot to shut the water off first and ended up spraying water everywhere for a solid 3 minutes before I found the valve... has anyone else had a simple repair turn into a disaster like that?
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blair_taylor32
Bro shut off the valve first lesson learned the hard way. Been there with a toilet fill valve that exploded on me, water everywhere and I couldn't find the main shutoff for ten minutes. That $12 hose saved you hundreds of dollars in water damage though so small win. Just think of it as a rite of passage for anyone who owns a house. Better to flood the basement than leave it and come home to a lake.
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simonp76
simonp761mo ago
Makes you realize how many little things in life can go sideways real fast.
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