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How to Connect Two Sections of Water Hose?
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 |
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How to Connect Two Sections of Water Hose?
"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 |
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How to Connect Two Sections of Water Hose?
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 |
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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. |
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How to Connect Two Sections of Water Hose?
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. |
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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 |
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How to Connect Two Sections of Water Hose?
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 |
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