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Asking plumbers on lemmy: is this ok?
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Not a plumber but, I have to ask. ..
The black snakey pipe that does a loop is the drain line? And the washer drains into it from far below against gravity through that thin flexible hose? And it is held on with a hose clamp at the end? I'm no expert, but I wonder about those things...
The hot and cold inlet lines also, I've been told always fail eventually and that you should use the metal ones instead.
And is that silver ducting the drier vent? If so, that's a problem too.
You're probably confusing Pex for CPVC. PEX is fine (even if I have a preference for copper I have to be real here).
It's not the pipes I meant, but the flexible hookup hoses. They make metal ones, and I've been told they are more reliable then the rubber (vinyl?) ones that these appear to be.
Oh yeah, that I agree with! I've had good luck with OEM rubber hoses from LG in the past, but have since replaced them with stainless steel braided hoses indeed!