Mending leak in plastic water hose
 

Our 50' garden hose has sprung a leak about 10 feet from one end. Is
there a kind of tape that will fix it permanently?

Mending leak in plastic water hose
 

tenplay wrote:
Our 50' garden hose has sprung a leak about 10 feet from one end. Is
there a kind of tape that will fix it permanently?

No, but for a few dollars you can get a new one. Consider garden hoses
as disposable. You can get connections to fix it where you cut the leak out
and reconnect the two ends, but likely you will have more leaks follow as
the whole hose is getting old.


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Joseph Meehan

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Mending leak in plastic water hose
 

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:12:57 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:

tenplay wrote:
Our 50' garden hose has sprung a leak about 10 feet from one end. Is
there a kind of tape that will fix it permanently?

No, but for a few dollars you can get a new one. Consider garden hoses
as disposable. You can get connections to fix it where you cut the leak out
and reconnect the two ends, but likely you will have more leaks follow as
the whole hose is getting old.

unless it leaks because he ran over it on gravel.
Five or six wraps of duct-tape and a hose-clamp
will mostly fix it, but the splice kits are just
about as cheap.

Mending leak in plastic water hose
 

tenplay wrote:
Our 50' garden hose has sprung a leak about 10 feet from one end. Is
there a kind of tape that will fix it permanently?

The only good way to fix it is to cut it at the
leak and use a connector and stainless steel
clamps. If you are cheap a two inch length of
copper pipe (same outside size as the hose inside
diameter) will work along with 16-14 gage wire to
hold it will work.