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Had a braided hose incident last night. Panicked phone call from the missus at 11:30pm when I was out on the piss saying there was hot water spraying across the bathroom... Neighbour managed to find the valve and stop the water. Boiler pressure then shot-up and pressure release valve kicked in, spraying water outside.
The hose seems to have failed right at the bend, so I'm guessing a heavier duty and longer one might be in order. Is it normal for them to fail like that? Was a bit worried about the boiler over-pressuring afterwards but it seems to have stabilised – I drained the central heating to bring the pressure gauge down and re-filled it, even though its a separate thing. Heating works...