We have a rather expensive 100 ft garden hose (I think we paid around $35 for it last fall). My husband left it on with a nozzle one day last fall and it formed a bubble near the end of the hose right before the metal connector. I just got home, looks like he left it on this morning and it burst at the bubble and sprayed water all day. I hate to buy another hose...is there something I can do to repair this one? It doesn't have to be pretty, just functional. If there isn't a good way to repair it, is there something else that I can use it for out in the yard? FYI this is one of those hoses that has little "strings" throughout the plastic.
2007-03-07 11:42:19 · 9 answers · asked by SamIam82 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
The replacement part you are looking for is a burred fitting with a clamp. All you do is cut the hose off before the bubble, put the clamp on the hose, push the burred fitting into the hose and tighten the clamp with a screwdriver. Make sure you put the clamp on before the burred fitting.
2007-03-07 12:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by Mustbcrazy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume the bubble-burst spot is close to one end of the 100 feet of hose.
You can buy replacement ends for the hose (female connector for the hose end going onto your outside faucet; male connector for the hose end going into the female connector of the nozzle); Wal-mart probably has such at this time of year. They range in price from $2 to $5; you might even find them for less if you search hard. It's important to get the right "gender" and right size; typically the size will be either 5/8 inch or 1/2 inch.
To avoid having this waste/loss in the future, make sure hubby turns off water at the faucet and NOT AT HOSE NOZZLE.
2007-03-07 13:48:37 · answer #2 · answered by answerING 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can cut off the bubble and put on a new plastic or metal end. cne which you can buy at the hardware store. You will need to know the diameter of the hose. It would cost like 2-3 dollars for the new piece. It inserts into the hose and then it has a clamp type thing that you screw tight over it on the outside of the hose.
2007-03-07 12:16:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-05 09:33:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can unscrew the fitting nearest to bubble. then cut the hose in half and if not wasting a lot of hose just screw the fitting back on to end of hose. if cutting the hose will result in throwing a lot of hose away, then cut the hose either side of the bubble and buy a joiner fitting and screw on to both hoses you would have.
2007-03-07 12:53:10 · answer #5 · answered by dgc1973ent 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$35.00 is not alot of money for a 100 ft garden hose,a good hose would not bubble and you will have more time into fixing it than it is worth, buy a new one.
2007-03-07 12:32:38 · answer #6 · answered by mndcoffin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can either use duct tape to help secure it or you can cut the hose past the bubble then re-splice the end onto the hose
2007-03-07 12:13:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
new hose
2007-03-07 13:03:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
GO TO A LAWN AND GARDEN CENTER, THEY HAVE REPLACEMENT PARTS.
2007-03-07 11:45:53 · answer #9 · answered by dtwladyhawk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋