Oh my! That is awful. Been there with that kind of flooding. ServPro is great! Sorry!!
Bummer!!! There just isnât any way to be compensated for the hassle
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They do make a sell a device called Leak-Stop, that has a sensor on the floor that when it get wet shuts down the water supply to the hoses of an appliance. They screw on to the water outlets, then the hoses attach to the device. They do have a fail safe, if there is an electrical or power outage, the device stays in the closed position.
Additionally they do make stainless steel braided water supply hoses that I have used in commercial/industrial applications (laundromats/food processing machines).
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Good tip. We had our washer connected with a braided stainless hose after we learned it was possible. We also installed a lever control that makes it easy to turn the water on and off.
I wonder why thatâs not standard practice, given that the rubber water supply hoses are prone to failure?
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Where I work stainless hoses are mandatory for an installation.
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Thanks for your thoughts everyone. Scuba is right - itâs the hassle of the whole thing. Itâs not like I didnât have other stuff to do. But, the insurance is in progress, the water & debris is gone & so weâll move forward.
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Keep in mind in the USA most building codes do not regulate the use of the water supply after it leaves the valve to the appliance. Thus the hoses in most residential applications are not regulated by any code. Also keep in mind that in new installations, most of it is built by the âlowest bidderâ.
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At least you will have a fresh paint job!
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We did the same after our hose broke and the water flooded down the walls. Good thing we were home at the time!!
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This has an interesting segment with an interview from Consumer Reports re: refrigerators.
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Short version: do not use anything but the tablets.
Grrr⌠this time itâs not the appliance, itâs me. I ran out of dishwasher tablets* so I had a dumb idea, hey why not use normal washing-up liquid. I turned on the machine and the washing programme started as usual. LIke only 15 minutes later I heard beeping and went to check. Foam and water leaking everywhere (I have hardwood floors)! Could not reset, then I unplugged and plugged it back in. Now the motor/pump was going and going but none of the buttons worked, no light either. Good thing I was home and was sitting nearby. Usually I turn on the dishwasher before going to bed or before leaving the house.
The partner is going to open it and have a look at the motor.
(*) Tablets, soaps, detergents, shower stuff etc I use are all unscented due to my allergies. The only one supermarket chain around here has the dishwasher tablets and they run out of them at all locations this week.
Donât feel too bad Presunto. We essentially did the same thing but to two Bosch dishwashers in a VRBO we rented for a few days for 2nd daughterâs wedding. It was a big, beautiful remodeled craftsman home. Of course hardwoods in the kitchen. There were about 4 us still standing but tired and drunkish from the festivities. We needed to run the two DWâs so DH pulled a gallon of dishwashing soap out and loaded them up with it. Iâm sure we just missed finding tablets or other DW soap due to our altered conditions. OMG they started foaming up and leaking out the sides like crazy. We started bailing them out for a long time & used every dry towel in the house for cleanup.
We did get an excellent review from our host though, even after having a dinner and party for 40 the night before the wedding. 
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I donât use liquid. Old fashioned cascade powered works great for me.
While people scoff at those of us who scrape and wipe dishes before putting in the dishwasher, I have read much on other boards about dishwasher problems that are caused by not cleaning your filter often enough. FILTER??? That thing has a filter? Had my Aska dishwasher for 30 years and never had a problem, never knew there was a filter to be cleaned, so something was workingâŚ
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This was liquid meant for hand washing dishes and cleanup! Total disaster. I do use powdered Cascade for my 2 DWâs, occasionally liquid Cascade for the Bosch. This is at home.
Iâm ultra picky about what goes down my drains. So Iâll scrape and load into DW unless thereâs butter or meat fat or other grease, then Iâll wipe with napkins or paper towels. Same for any hand washing. Iâve never had to call a plumber for any clogged drains in any house weâve owned, and likewise no related DW problems.
Totally agree, but weâve recently switched to Walmartâs brand. Works a charm.
FWIW, I put my range hood baffles in the dishwasher periodically and found that the new, current formulation of Cascade doesnât clean them like the old formula. Neither does Walmartâs, nor I would guess any current environmentally acceptable dishwasher detergent. So when I need to do baffles, I just add 2 tablespoons of TSP and they come out spotless, like before.
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What is TSP?
re original subject, We buy the least complicated model that fits our needs. I donât like appliances or websites or apps âthinking for meâ. Itâs usually the bells and whistles that go out first. Who among us has a computer that hasnât crashed in 20 years? 
We have a family saying that started when DH was looking for new car radio. We were escorted into the posh listening room at our Best Buy and turned over to an ace salesman. DH described his needs. Dear salesman started his sermon, periodically looking over at the âlittle womanâ and occasionally asking me what I wanted. âOn, off and no staticâ. He stared at me and went back to addressing DH. Back to me with a non sequitur question to which I answered, âOn, off and no staticâ. He gave up on me after I parroted that the third time. But it has become our buying mantra. And has served us well.
Of course, since people are not rational, we now have two fridges with computers larger than what sent man to the moon, with a control panel positioned such that DH hits the âbottle chillâ button every time he goes to that section, Now why, I ask you, does an intelligent person need to push a button when they put a bottle in the freezer to chill? If you canât remember that you put a bottle in the freezer, you shouldnât be drinking whatever you put in! You should have seen us scramble the first time it went off. Smoke detector? No, Carbon monox detector? Out building intrusion alarm? Hey, the the fridge. WTFâŚ
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TSP = tri-sodium phosphate, what they have basically eliminated from household detergents. It is indeed bad for the environment when used daily by millions of householders, but a few tablespoons a year are negligible.
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