The advantage is supposed to be flexibility. The line won't kink and you only have to connect on 1 end and then it's easy to manipulate the fitting into place on the other end.
The braided lines are also flexible but between twice and 3 times the price. But the braided lines are designed for high pressure and I've not heard of one failing yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee A. Stone To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] toilet supply line exploded so , except for a temp fix what is the benefit of using this flex line. ? Lee On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 06:49:59PM -0500, Bob Kennedy wrote: > I had the same problem and mine was only a little over 2 years. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lenny McHugh" <[email protected]> > To: "handyman-blind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 4:33 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] toilet supply line exploded > > > > My daughter has a major mess in her home. The toilet supply line exploded. > > It is one of the flex lines and is about ten years old. I never saw one > > explode before. Her dining room had a major rain storm. there is about two > > inches of the supply line blown away It is a good thing that they were > > home > > when it happened. If it would have happened when they were at work I don't > > think they would have a ceiling to repaint and patch. One of the drywall > > seams actually washed out. > > I am wondering if I should replace my flex lines. They are older than > > hers. > > --- > > Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and humorous > > with many resources for the blind. > > http://www.lennymchugh.com > > Lenny > > Please Copy and Paste into New Message to pass along. Use BCC line when > > addressing. > > Help stop identity theft. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > [email protected] > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > Or > > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > > List Members At The Following address: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > > address for more information: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > > list just send a blank message to: > > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > -- Life is having a mother-in-law that sucks and a wife that don't. -- Rodney Dangerfield . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
