Washing machine inlet hose Q

[Joe123]

Hi

My washing machine is 5m away from the water mains copper pipe/valve. I've currently got a long blue inlet hose connecting the washing machine to the copper pipe/valve.

Is this OK or should I get more copper pipe added and then use a shorter blue in let hose to connect the 2?

 

[fowlerboi]

Inlet hose length can be as long as you want. Any plumber should do their best to make it as small as possible purely for good workmanship, but I certainly wouldn't go moving one for the sake of it if you already had a long hose on it.

Waste hoses are a different story. If you ever have to extend your hose you need to check the instructions for maximum pump distances. Even then the shorter the better.

 

[Basher]

If your long inlet hose is in one piece, you should be fine.
I had a similar situation in a holiday cottage when, unknown to me, the washing machine installer used two hoses connected in series. Some years later a damp patch started to appear in a room below. Upon investigation there has been a slight leak from the join in the hose, over a long period of time, which had spread over a big area affecting the chipboard floor and base of the kitchen cabinets. Quite a mess!