My outdoor water hose has a small hole (probably squirrel did that). I
want to fix it by using a 5/8" coupling mender that I bought from Home
Depot. It is basically a brass tube with barb in both ends. I cut away
the section of the water hose that has the hole, and then I insert the
barb end of the brass tube to the water hose -- this connects the two
sections of water hoses together. And then, I use two clamps to tighen
the water hose onto the brass tube. Sounds simple so far. The problem
is that I see a small stream of water spraying out from the connecting
area of the brass tube as soon as I turn on the water. Tightening the
clamps further doesn't fix the problem.

What should I do now?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Jay Chan

(Jay Chan) wrote in
om:

My outdoor water hose has a small hole (probably squirrel did that). I
want to fix it by using a 5/8" coupling mender that I bought from Home
Depot. It is basically a brass tube with barb in both ends. I cut away
the section of the water hose that has the hole, and then I insert the
barb end of the brass tube to the water hose -- this connects the two
sections of water hoses together. And then, I use two clamps to tighen
the water hose onto the brass tube. Sounds simple so far. The problem
is that I see a small stream of water spraying out from the connecting
area of the brass tube as soon as I turn on the water. Tightening the
clamps further doesn't fix the problem.

What should I do now?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Jay Chan


I've seen similar or the same device you're talking about, but never used
one. Anyway, you could try removing it, let it dry, and wrap the brass
parts with teflon tape and reconnect. It's cheap, like US$1 (or maybe 4
for US$1). I've used it to stop leaks on regular screw-on hose
connections, don't know about push-ons.

-- Salty

you have to get barbs that are the right size. I soften the ends of the hose before
shoving them onto the barbs, moved them up until they are really tight. if the barb
slips in easily, the clamp isnt going to make up for the wrong size. Ingrid

(Jay Chan) wrote:

My outdoor water hose has a small hole (probably squirrel did that). I
want to fix it by using a 5/8" coupling mender that I bought from Home
Depot. It is basically a brass tube with barb in both ends. I cut away
the section of the water hose that has the hole, and then I insert the
barb end of the brass tube to the water hose -- this connects the two
sections of water hoses together. And then, I use two clamps to tighen
the water hose onto the brass tube. Sounds simple so far. The problem
is that I see a small stream of water spraying out from the connecting
area of the brass tube as soon as I turn on the water. Tightening the
clamps further doesn't fix the problem.

What should I do now?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Jay Chan



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

"Jay Chan" wrote in message
om...
My outdoor water hose has a small hole (probably squirrel did that). I
want to fix it by using a 5/8" coupling mender that I bought from Home
Depot. It is basically a brass tube with barb in both ends. I cut away
the section of the water hose that has the hole, and then I insert the
barb end of the brass tube to the water hose -- this connects the two
sections of water hoses together. And then, I use two clamps to tighen
the water hose onto the brass tube. Sounds simple so far. The problem
is that I see a small stream of water spraying out from the connecting
area of the brass tube as soon as I turn on the water. Tightening the
clamps further doesn't fix the problem.

What should I do now?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Jay Chan

I recently had the same problem. I took it apart and pushed the barbs into
the hose farther (with all my strength), retightened the clamps, and now
it's fine.

Leslie

When you are working with hoses/ plastic pipe and you have to fit a hose
over pipe etc and it's a tight fit, then heat it first.
I bring water to the boil and fill a vacuum flask with it.
The end of the hose /pipe fits into the flask to heat and the water stays
hot for an hour or so. This is especially useful if I am working out in the
field.

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

(Jay Chan) wrote in message . com...
My outdoor water hose has a small hole (probably squirrel did that). I
want to fix it by using a 5/8" coupling mender that I bought from Home
Depot. It is basically a brass tube with barb in both ends. I cut away
the section of the water hose that has the hole, and then I insert the
barb end of the brass tube to the water hose -- this connects the two
sections of water hoses together. And then, I use two clamps to tighen
the water hose onto the brass tube. Sounds simple so far. The problem
is that I see a small stream of water spraying out from the connecting
area of the brass tube as soon as I turn on the water. Tightening the
clamps further doesn't fix the problem.

What should I do now?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Jay Chan

Place the leak near something that needs a drink

(Jay Chan) wrote:

My outdoor water hose has a small hole (probably squirrel did that). I
want to fix it by using a 5/8" coupling mender that I bought from Home
Depot. It is basically a brass tube with barb in both ends.

-snip-

After you warm up the hose, as several have suggested already, then
lubricate it with a couple drops of dish soap.

Jim

I use my lighter. fast. Ingrid


"David Hill" wrote:

When you are working with hoses/ plastic pipe and you have to fit a hose
over pipe etc and it's a tight fit, then heat it first.
I bring water to the boil and fill a vacuum flask with it.
The end of the hose /pipe fits into the flask to heat and the water stays
hot for an hour or so. This is especially useful if I am working out in the
field.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Jay Chan wrote:

My outdoor water hose has a small hole (probably squirrel did that). I
want to fix it by using a 5/8" coupling mender that I bought from Home
Depot. It is basically a brass tube with barb in both ends. I cut away
the section of the water hose that has the hole, and then I insert the
barb end of the brass tube to the water hose -- this connects the two
sections of water hoses together. And then, I use two clamps to tighen
the water hose onto the brass tube. Sounds simple so far. The problem
is that I see a small stream of water spraying out from the connecting
area of the brass tube as soon as I turn on the water. Tightening the
clamps further doesn't fix the problem.

What should I do now?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Jay Chan



Take it apart, cut another inch off both ends of the hose and try it
again.

Thanks for the many good responses that I have received here.

I had used the wrong screw driver to tighten the nuts in the clamp.
The screw driver was just too small. Therefore, I could not apply
enough force to tighten the nuts. I bought a BIG screw driver and
tightened the nuts again. This time worked much better. But I still
see a tiny stream of water spraying out.

I will use the following advices that I have received here to fix the
last tiny stream of water:

1. First, I will warm up the hose end with a hair dryer to soften it
a little bit before I insert the brass tube. Leaving it in hot sun
should also work. But I am not expecting any sunny days until Friday
-- I will have to make do with a hair dryer.

2. Secondly, I will try tighten it one more time with _ALL_ my
strength.

3. If doing this still doesn't work, I will try the telfon tapes.

4. If the telfon tape still doesn't work, I will go back to Home
Depot to look for another way to re-connect the hose. May be I can use
a male connector and a female connector to get around with this
problem? I know Home Depot sell a male connector to repair broken
water hose end. I don't know if they sell a female connector though.

I will see how thing goes.

Jay Chan

This is the follow-up on the original question:

Finally, I fix the problem. Now, the connecting point of the hose
doesn't leak any more. This is what I have done:

- Use the correct sized screw driver. This takes care of most of the
leak.

- Warm the hose with a hair dryer before tightening the screw of the
clamp. This takes care of the remaining tiny leak that the big screw
driver cannot take care of. Thanks for people who have suggested this
tip.

I don't need to use a telfon tapes, and I don't need a different type
of connector. Happy ending...

Jay Chan