Longer hoses?

Automatic Washer - The world's coolest Washing Machines, Dryers and Dishwashers

Help Support :

mistereric

Well-known member
Joined
Mar 2, 2006
Messages
1,522
Location
New Jersey (Taylor Ham)
Hi there everyone. I have a friend who has a little Haier dishwasher. Y'all were very helpful before coming up with a service manual so I could get the machine repaired and back into service.

When I was inside, I noticed that the reason he has such trouble rolling it along the floor is because the brackets that support the wheels are bent and deformed. Our solution was to take the wheels off and set it permanently in one spot. Now I have a problem, because the hoses don't reach.

I extended the drainhose with a short piece of PVC as a coupler, and a chunk of hose from Home Depot. I'm going to clamp it together to make sure its tight - so far, its been okay.

The problem is that I can't find a fill hose long enough to reach the machine in the new location. The machine uses a standard clothes washer type hose - female on both ends with a fitting that screws into the sink end, and connects to a quick-release on the faucet.

I can find 6 foot hoses all over, but no 12 or 10 foot hoses. I understand not wanting to use a long hose under pressure, but the hose wouldn't be on constantly, just under pressure for an hour or so every few days. This can't be a situation that never comes up. Someone out there has to make one!

A 12 to 15 foot, steel-braided hose would be best. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
 
try this link

http://www.plumbingsupply.com/flexes.html#washingmachinehoseTells what sort of coupling can be used. You may be able to join two hoses together that way for very little money.
I do remember buying 96" stainless braided washing machine hoses a while back at Southerland's Lumber in Colorado - but the cost was absolutely beyond belief. I had to have something flexible, yet since it was going to be in a space behind a several hundred pound washer/dryer combo I needed something which absolutely would not burst. If they can do 8 foot, maybe someone does 10 or 12?
Silly question, but if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, perhaps Mohammed should come to the mountain - how hard would it be to just plumb in a permanent water line/drain?
 
I went through a similar issue with my KA KD-2P.

I cut off the original hoses from the fittings, and then bought new hoses. I used a 1/2" ID automotive heater hose for the drain (same ID as original), and a 3/8" ID hose for the fill line which I got at a hose store in town. I used stainless worm-drive hose clamps to secure the new hoses to the old fittings.

The advantage of doing it this way, instead of splicing in extenders, is that the new hoses can still fit into the back of the machine. This makes for cleaner look when the DW is not in use. Also, the fewer joins, the less chance of a later leak.
 
Actually, Toggle, I think those are male-male hose connectors. Connectors are generally described by their own gender, not the gender of the fitting they are designed to connect with.
 
M2M

Oh ye gods and little fishes, that one I am NOT commenting on...
Seriously, I, too, think a 3/8 continuous fill-line solution is better - if there were leaks, then they would be at the fittings on either end and not in the "middle". What ain't there can't break. Better idea than mine.
 
Also, check out Fox Appliance Parts' web site. Their catalog features a DW unicouple with attached 8 foot hoses - stupendous! Had I known about that, I wouldn't have spent so much time and $$$ trying to extend the ones on the KD-2P. But at least it's done.
 
One for Jason

Longer hoses are coming to win us
Coming to win us
Coming to win us
Longer hoses are coming to win us
Hold onto the shore
They'll be taking the key from the door

Quick, name the artist, the song, and the album it appeared on. Hint: it was in the 70's!

Of course, it wasn't hoses, it was something else aquatic.
 
Where do the children.... wash?

Longer Boats. Cat Stevens. Tea for the Tillerman. (steak for the sun, wine for the women who make the rains come...)

Sudsmaster - you have a hose store in your town? Wow.

I have one of those male-to-male connectors but it leaked all over. Maybe the one I had was deformed. I even used teflon tape. And I tend to enjoy leaky men!

Oh well. The search continues.
 
Eric,

You got the song right!

And yes, there's a hose store in my town. "Hoses Unlimited".

If the male-male connecter is a garden hose type fitting, then you don't need any teflon tape, you need a good hose washer on each end. Only pipe thread fittings (which have a taper) would benefit from teflon tape or pipe joint compound. The purpose of either for a pipe joint is to lubricate the threads. The actual sealing is vial a tight metal-metal contact. The lubrication allows for a tighter fit. Some people think that teflon tape has a sealing action on its own, but they would be wrong.
 
Live from the forgotten boro! (wink:toggle)

Yaay! I knew this whole "old soul new body" thing would pan out someday.

A hose store... yay for california. ;-)

Okay, I'm off to Lowes for a garden hose coupler and some big sexy washers.

Thanks!
 
We have a plumbing supply company here that will make reinforced rubber hoses in any length needed. They made the hoses with crimped fittings when one of my accounts changed their OPL laundry to Wascomat and the faucets were 10+ feet away from where the machine was bolted to the floor. They've been in use for 5 years, constant pressure and no troubles.

Check the yellow pages for plumbing supplies.
 

Latest posts

Back
Top