My neighbor gave me a hose, good quality except the leak. It looked like a lawnmower nicked it.
The big box store had three choices, at $2, $6, and $8. The cheap kit was a plastic double male ferrule with clamps, the medium a brass insert with hose clamps, and the expensive one was brass with coupler blocks.
Is there any difference in function or durability? I bought the expensive one and it worked fine, but is a little bulky if you had a hose reel.
The plastic one would probably break, mid-grade would have done the job.
The last time that happened to me , I just spliced it with a spare piece of pipe I had in the basement and two hose clamps. I would not want to put money into fixing a hose...but a good one can cost a few bucks.
except the leak. It looked like a lawnmower nicked it.
$2, $6, and $8. The cheap kit was a plastic double male ferrule with clamps, the medium a brass insert with hose clamps, and the expensive one was brass with coupler blocks.
I bought the expensive one and it worked fine, but is a little bulky if you had a hose reel.
Lot of years ago, I did try hose coupling kits. With the cheap hose from the box stores, it's hardly worth the trouble. A good hose might be worth the repair (sounds like yours was injured, not sun cracked).
I've got a couple length of hose that are years old. When my Mom died this year, I could have got her old hoses, but they had been out in the sun, and were pretty dried.
Sounds like you did good to get the higher quality repair kit.
I would have gone with the middle choice, metal for durability, but not the maximum price.
No good answer until you tell us what your water is like. SW Florida well water will eat brass or at least turn it kelly green. Connectors will corrosion weld. I would use a good plastic ferrule and to "all SS" clamps.
The problem with the hose clamp one is that you will invariably cut your hand on the loose end of the hose clamp, especially when you are tired with wet hands. This can be mitigated somewhat with creative use of zip-ties or heat-shrink tubing.
Jon
Heat shrink is the trick.
Duck tape over the hose clamps would be the ultimate DIY solution.
If this is the first we're hearing of the passing of your Mom, I offer my condolences.
If you've mentioned it before, then I offer both my condolences and my apologies for not offering them sooner.
Prayers are happening.
Once you find a guy on Ebay or MCM that sells you big shrink wrap, you will never use tape for anything you can get over the end of. Next you will want a $10 HF heat gun.
I've been known to use electric tape. Same concept. Though, heat shrink tube would do nicely.
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Unsure if I mentioned it on this list. Didn't want to get into the subject all that much. Not much need for prayers, the family is moving on in various directions. My two neices (ages about 14 and 16) are having a rough time of it.
It was kind of a once in lifetime exprience, to find Mom dead on the floor. Some experience, once in quite enough.
Thank you for your kindness.
Thread is only a couple hours old, and we've totally gone off hose mending. Sorry, I ought have changed the subject line.
I don't know,but I had a good hose that got a hole in it about half way so I bought a male and female end and made it so that I had 2 hoses. Just make sure which end you place where.
I've never cared for hose clamps on garden hoses for this exact reason. If they are on the end of the hose, they will cut your hands and make using the hose uncomfortable at the least. If they are un the middle of the hose, they snag on every darn thing, and at least once, I had a clamp snag, and when I tugged on the hose, the splice came apart.
I have never had heat shrink large enough for a hose, but I have wrapped electrical tape over the hose clamps. That helps!
I have not had real good luck with plastic ends and splices. Many have broken, especially when used in cold weather (which us farmers do all the time because we use hoses year around).
The OP made the right choice with that brass fitting. They are costly, but they are the best. If it's a QUALITY Hose, I use them too. If it's just a cheap hose that I want to make last another few months, I will normally just insert a piece of copper pipe and hose clamps, then wrap tape over the clamps.
Back in the 50s & 60s, they sold these ones that you would hammer down the tabs. Those were the best. But they were made for rubber hoses, not the plastic hoses which are mostly all sold these days. But they were great for rubber hoses. Not bulky, not sharp on the hands, and they were durable. But I dont see them sold in the stores anymore. Here are some overpriced ones on ebay. (Just posted to show what they look like)
Nope, never even thought of using it till I read this posting. It sounds like a good idea. Next time I get to a large city, I'll have to see if Home Depot, Menards, or one of those big places has it. Our local small hardware store dont even have the small stuff. I tried to buy some of that for wires in an auto repair job, and they did not have any to sell. I had to use tape.
What hardware store? It might be "old stock", if it's a local store. Or maybe one of the harsware chain stores still carry them (such as True Value, or Ace Hardware).
Like i said, they work well on rubber hoses. They DONT work on plastic hoses.
Did you actually look for it?
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i just did a hardware store run for a hose end (male) and new sprayer.
they had all sorts of the kind you describe (which i didn't want as i think they pull apart after a while) and only one left of the hose clamp kind.
i didn't pay attention to how small the brass fitting inside was and got back to find out it was smaller and the hose clamp would not seal it tight enough. i had a wide rubber band in the drawer and cut it so that i could wrap it around a few times and now it doesn't leak.
mostly we have rather tough water with some calcium and iron in it so fittings tend to stick together rather well.
i had to take the hose sprayer off with a chisel (cutting it) as it would turn and the whole end was turning too. the cheap kinds don't last.
would vaseline spread on the threads help? i did that just in case...
new sprayer is very nice and i kept the receipt as it says lifetime warranty. we'll see...
songbird
I've seen heat shrink tubing at Harbor Freight (though, not this large). Also some in the electrical section of Home Depot. There was some at American Science and Surplus (
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