I never received a complaint from any of my neighbors about my washing machine noise.
Then think what happens when his washing machine floods your apartment when his hose bursts after he forgot to turn the water off before he went off on vacation.
Huh?
I lived at the beach. We locals never went 'off on vacation', we lived in the perfect vacation spot, year round.
I never had to turn my water on and off to use the washer. It was hooked up under the kitchen sink. And I never had a hose burst ... why would it? Do you turn the water off to your washer when you go on vacation? Is it something I should do now that I live in Florida and do go on vacations?
Hoses can burst, for a myriad of reasons....I never shut off that valve and my husband has hissy fits about it on random occasions, he usually forgets more that I forget consistently.....:)
We really don’t leave home for more than a day or two anymore so no longer shut off the hoses or the water heaters. But if we did, I would be faced with the dilemma of whether to do it or not.
I have had a hose burst to an under counter water heater and it wasn’t pretty. OTOH, it did about as much damage as it was going to do in the first ten minutes so a longer flow would not have made that much difference (except to the water bill!). This could have happened during a trip to the grocery store. In other types of house construction, an unimpeded leak over days on an upper floor could conceivably “total” the house from an insurance adjuster’s point of view, especially if either mold grew or additional freezing damage occurred.
Getting back to the dilemma, the problem with shutting off and turning on those old valves and hoses it that you are possibly disturbing an old system that ain’t broke. And that carries risks of its own. It is probably best to replace valves and hoses at least every five years but who does that?
OK.
You win.