How to Repair a Garden Hose

Fix leaky garden hoses quickly and cheaply.

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Time

An hr or less

Complexity

Beginner

Cost

$five–ten

Introduction

There is nothing more frustrating than a leaky garden hose. Half your water goes down the tempest drain or onto your shoes and non on your lawn. It doesn't take to be that style. Read on to learn some quick, inexpensive and easy garden hose fixes.

Tools Required

Materials Required

  • Garden hose repair couplings

Projection step-by-step (5)

Step 1

Where is the Leak?

  • If h2o is leaking from either terminate of the hose, such equally at the faucet or spray zipper, the prepare could be as simple as replacing the safe washers in the female end of the hose and or spray zipper.
  • If a leak is within a foot of the male or female person connectors, cut off the terminate of the hose and replace the connector.
  • If the leak is in the middle of the hose, cut out the damaged section and splice the hose dorsum together with a repair coupling.

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Pace two

Measure out

  • Before heading to the hardware store for repair parts, measure out what size garden hose y'all accept. The three mutual sizes of garden hose are ane/two-, 5/eight-, and three/four-inch. That is the ID (inside diameter) of the hose.
  • The OD (exterior diameter) is typically 1/8-inch larger than the ID. So a 5/viii-inch hose has a iii/iv-inch OD.

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Step iv

Iv Easy Repairs

Clench Hose Menders

  • Supplant the ends or splice the centre of a hose with clinch hose menders. Once you have the damage section cut off the hose, stick the barbed end of the repair fitting into the hose. Bend the tangs downward and into the hose, squeezing information technology evenly with a pair of pliers, channel locks or vice grips.

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Clamp Couplers

  • Clamp couplers for ends and splicing hoses are another easy hose set up.
  • Remove the screws and cover from the coupler.
  • Stick the barbed end into the hose.
  • Replace the cover and tighten the screws.

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Hose Clamps

  • Hose clamps and a three-inch piece of ane/two-inch copper tubing work well for a splice repair.
  • Slip a hose clamp over the finish of the cut hose.
  • Insert the ane/2-inch piece of copper tubing into the hose, letting ane-one/2 inches stick out. Now, tighten the hose clench with a screwdriver.
  • Slip another hose clamp over the end of the other slice of cutting hose. Insert the 1/2-inch slice of copper tubing and tighten the clamp with a screwdriver.

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Compression Mender

  • Compression mender probably is the easiest garden hose fix.
  • Unscrew and separate the collar from the repair fitting.
  • Slip the collar over the hose.
  • Push the repair plumbing equipment onto the hose, then screw and tighten the collar to the repair fitting.

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Step 5

Test for Leaks

  • Connect the hose to the faucet and plough information technology on, checking for leaks.
  • If a repair leaks, try tightening the screws or collar on the fitting.

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Originally Published: August 06, 2022