Garden Hose Repair

By the time you've bought the fittings to join the hose together you will most likely have gone some way to buying a new hose.

Did the hose perish? Buy a new one anyway.

Is the hole within a couple of metres of the end? Shorten the hose by that much.

If you punctured the hose with a sharp implement that would be different.

Andrew

In message , aris writes

Hose pipe joint ?

Nah - far too obvious

You is big tight arse.

1. use a plastic hose connector
2. use a small bit of 1/2" copper pipe and some steel garden wire - but the wire must go round twice, not once. Twist ends tight and fold.

NT

If using method 2. you could try two jub. clips. Much more satisfactory than twisted wire.

Pete

Clean surface of hose. Drill/punch small hole at puncture site. Squeeze silicone sealant through puncture site, you want a blob inside. Now, squeeze hose so that the blob is distributed around the inside of the pipe. Add more sealant to the outside of the pipe, a scrap of polythene over the sealant, and garden wire over the lot. Fill with water (not under pressure, and with slow flow) and you're done.

Don't quite see how you would drill/punch a small hole at puncture site. I cannot see this being a reliable system for all hose materials at all normal pressures. The o.p. did not give the hose details so other replies, including mine have tended to suggest employing tried and tested measures covering all materials and pressures.

Pete

Of course it's not, at best it's a patch, and probably will let go sooner rather than later.

Garden hose, 90PSI or so. You drill the hole using a dremel, or melt one using a hot wire.

The plus with twisted wire is not having to go into town to buy clips, time saved. Used to do that trick years ago, and it was fine, despite the lesser contact area.

NT

Go into town? Surely you just look in the Dexibin labelled "Jubilee Clips"?

Some of us have a box on a shelf in the garage saying 'jubilee clips etc.' which actually has jubilee clips in it! I stocked mine originally with a selection pack from ScrewFix and with ones recovered from cars, old washing machines, etc. it seems to stay at a pretty steady stoc level.

indeed - but those of us that have such things dont come onto newsgroups to ask how to repairs the hose :)

Unfortunately modern washing mcs tend to have spring rings, which are fairly usless as jubilee replacements.

NT