Advice needed on using flexible stainless steel pipe

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Carolie McLauglin

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I need advice ASAP. I am in the middle having my master bath redone and the plumber just left. He used the flexible stainless steel pipe, (ie for a washing machine) to go from the shower plumbing comes up from the floor, under the floor and then to a soaking tub faucet about a foot away.... that also has flexible connections. Now I am reading that those hoses are supposed to be changed every ten years..... not possible once enclosed in a tiled wall.... and catastrophic if it fails.
Is this a normal way to plumb now? My husband usually does all the small jobs and always uses the heavier copper pipe and was surprised at how it was done. We don't want to cause a problem but we also want it done right.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 

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How about some pictures?
I have noticed that some of the tub faucets for stand alone tubs are coming with braided lines now. I'm not a fan of hiding those in walls.
You mentioned stainless pipe and not stainless braided.
 

Jeff H Young

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If you're asking if a hose similar to a washing machine should be buried in wall non accessible . answer is no it shouldn't won't meet code . of course you've got to know what the product is . but generally we never ever would do such a thing . kinda like running a garden hose through the walls .
 
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