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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC5/18/13 7:27 PM |
OT - Fixing a garden hose leak?
My being careless in storing it over the winter, now I have a leak in a short section (couple inches). The hose is still usable but the water pressure is reduced.
I know one option is cut out the leaky section and put connectors on each end like any time one wants to make a long hose out of two short ones.
Is there other option? Any way to patch it instead of cutting it?
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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real5/18/13 10:30 PM |
How did winter storage causes leak?
Your fix is the only thing I have heard of that will work. I don't know f a Rema kit that will work on a hose.
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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC5/18/13 11:08 PM |
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How did winter storage causes leak?
I just threw them into the corner of the garage. Over the winter, "stuff" got put on them. There was a kink, and being pressed by weight just enough to developed a crack on the outside. I noticed it when I pick it up from the corner today. Sure enough, water starts leaking out...
So now my 'garden hose' was only good for watering the garden, not enough pressure to wash car with, for example. (actually, I use the hose to wash my boats instead of my car so the water needs to spray high enough to reach the boat still on the roof rack)
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Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2626
Location: Canberra, Australia5/19/13 1:00 AM |
Just chop out the short section which has the leak, and for a couple of dollars you can buy one of these plastic fittings to permanently connect the two halves. The repair should take about 30 seconds:
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX5/19/13 9:50 AM |
Silicon Tape ? No idea of the longevity of the repair as I have never used it...
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Dave B
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 4511
Location: Pittsburgh, PA5/19/13 3:41 PM |
A Rema patch reinforced with a hose clamp will probably work. A coupling like Nick suggested is better and a new, higher quality hose is better yet.
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Rickk
Joined: 01 Jun 2004
Posts: 528
Location: Montreal5/19/13 4:48 PM |
ie. meaning more % soft rubber and % less hard plastic
re.
...and a new, higher quality hose is better yet.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX5/19/13 4:59 PM |
Anyone pull the trigger on one of those expanding 'pocket' hoses yet ?
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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real5/19/13 5:45 PM |
Tempted.
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PLee
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 3713
Location: Brooklyn, NY5/19/13 6:17 PM |
Consumer Reports gave those hoses a thumbs up.
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KerryIrons
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 3236
Location: Midland, MI5/19/13 6:59 PM |
Old hose
Unless something mechanically cut that hose, I would say that any hose that developed a crack from being kinked is pretty far gone. That said, one of those hose couplers (very cheap and requires no tools other than being able to cut the hose) will work fine.
Sparky suggested "silicon tape" but I have no idea what that is. Silicon is a grey shiny metal that is used to make computer chips and photovoltaic cells. Silicone is a family of rubbers and resins that I have not seen formulated into tape (though maybe it exists). In the Red Green school of home repair, it's only a matter of how many wraps with duct tape.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX5/19/13 8:12 PM |
silicone, sorry
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH5/19/13 8:35 PM |
And it's made right here...
...in Nashua, NH.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX5/19/13 8:37 PM |
Go get some and report back. ;)
Last time I went to NH it was Nashua. I could got look in my Flight log book and tell you exactly when it was.
Probably 1997-8
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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC5/19/13 8:58 PM |
I see the consensus is to cut the bad section and use a connector to join them back up. I've done something similar in the past so I'll do the same again.
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I would say that any hose that developed a crack from being kinked is pretty far gone. That said, one of those hose couplers (very cheap and requires no tools other than being able to cut the hose) will work fine.
Yes, the hose is old. But since a hose is only used for washing boats once in a while, it's really only on "light duty" that's totally non-critical (garden itself is taken care of by the association). I don't see why I can't just "fix it" and continue to use it till it really is...gone.
I have two hoses I inhereted with the house, one out front and one out back, each having their own use. Both of them are old but both had been serviceable so far. I can't shake this feeling if I buy a new one for the front, I really should buy TWO to replace both. In reality, neither of them gets used all that often at all.
I'm not american by birth. I tend not to buy things unless I really NEED them ("adult toys" excluded). This item to me fits that (psychological) profile. I've seen TV ad of those expanding hoses too. When the time comes to finally replace one of them, I'll try those.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX5/19/13 9:07 PM |
I think it's probably time. ;)
My experience is once a hose is old enough to start kinking and creasing, it will keep doing it in different places repair after repair. Dried plastic does not get better like a fine wine. ;)
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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC5/19/13 9:14 PM |
I will report back when it leaks again! ;-)
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH5/20/13 4:52 AM |
Be careful with the term "adult toys"...
...as it could be interpreted in multiple ways. :-)
"A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste."
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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC5/20/13 9:09 AM |
just "toys"
... can still be interpreted in all those ways... ;-)
"A mind sees what it wants to see"
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX5/20/13 9:55 AM |
Brian, lay off the internet porn, would ya? LOL
Let me say, exactly what my brain tweeted to me as well...
Last edited by Sparky on 5/20/13 11:32 AM; edited 1 time in total
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Wheels
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1160
Location: Needham, MA5/20/13 11:00 AM |
Fixes
Quick Fix- Rescue Tape
McGyver Fix - Hose Connector
Permanent Fix - New Hose
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX5/20/13 11:34 AM |
Wheels, you left out 'Armor All-ing' the boat so nothing sticks to it and forgetting about the hose entirely... ;)
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Matthew Currie
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 802
Location: Vermont5/21/13 7:29 PM |
Depending on what size hose it is and what you have around, many hoses can be fixed with a little piece of 1/2 inch copper tubing or the like and a couple of hose clamps. The purpose-made fixes work better but a piece of tubing can be easier to find in some environments.
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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC5/21/13 8:19 PM |
quote:
Depending on what size hose it is and what you have around, many hoses can be fixed with a little piece of 1/2 inch copper tubing or the like and a couple of hose clamps.
Thanks for mentioning that!
I saw a little 4" long "collar" on the hose doing nothing useful and thought to myself this might be something worth trying.
But since I already bought the hose connector for a buck so it's easier to just put that on, and I know it WILL work. (though actually, the little funny looking made-in-china "connector" had no instruction and it wouldn't have been too obvious how it works, had I not done the same before with a better connector)
So for now, the hose no longer leaks and I have decent water pressure... to wash the boat at 1/2 the time! ;-)
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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC5/21/13 8:23 PM |
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Wheels, you left out 'Armor All-ing' the boat so nothing sticks to it and forgetting about the hose entirely... ;)
But you can't Armor All the PFD, the spray skirt, the helmet...
And if you never had a "salty" boat+gear stored in the garage for a winter, you don't want to find out.
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