# How Often Should Washing Machine Hoses be Changed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-washing-machine-hoses-be-changed/671609>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 18, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-washing-machine-hoses-be-changed/671609 "2013-10-18T22:15:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-washing-machine-hoses-be-changed/671609/41 "2013-10-23T12:12:42Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> One way (not necessarily the _only_ way) is with a forced air furnace. I believe they are quite common in the Northeastern US.

They are common in many parts of the US. I had this when I lived in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and I have it now here in Michigan. My parents have it in Colorado.

In milder climates, homes can be heated with [heat pumps,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump) which are basically air conditioners operated in reverse: they cool the great outdoors and dump the heat in the interior of the house.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-washing-machine-hoses-be-changed/671609/42 "2013-10-23T13:36:22Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> One way (not necessarily the _only_ way) is with a forced air furnace. I believe they are quite common in the Northeastern US.

You’d have a hard time finding a house in Canada without a forced air furnace. Sure, maybe some older or smaller units would rely on electric baseboard, but forced air fueled by natural gas, oil, or electricity are probably in 98% of the homes here.

I know one guy who has a boiler. He built his own home and put in a wood-fired boiler for heat. That’s crazy!

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-washing-machine-hoses-be-changed/671609/43 "2013-10-23T13:45:06Z")

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Some sites I found said that forced-air heat is the most common in the US as well. I know it’s what we had growing up. I only mentioned it in reply to **j666** who asked how one could heat a house without a boiler, and some (most? all?) forced air systems do not involve boilers.

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**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-washing-machine-hoses-be-changed/671609/44 "2013-10-25T02:17:18Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Some sites I found said that forced-air heat is the most common in the US as well. I know it’s what we had growing up. I only mentioned it in reply to **j666** who asked how one could heat a house without a boiler, and some (most? all?) forced air systems do not involve boilers.

I’ve always lived with steam or hot water; I have no idea how forced air heat works.

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