How to Repair a Garden Hose

Fix leaky garden hoses quickly and cheaply.

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Time

An hour or less

Complication

Beginner

Price

$5–ten

Introduction

At that place is nothing more frustrating than a leaky garden hose. One-half your water goes down the storm drain or onto your shoes and not on your lawn. It doesn't have to be that style. Read on to learn some quick, inexpensive and easy garden hose fixes.

Tools Required

Materials Required

  • Garden hose repair couplings

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Step one

Where is the Leak?

  • If water is leaking from either cease of the hose, such as at the faucet or spray attachment, the fix could be equally unproblematic equally replacing the rubber washers in the female person end of the hose and or spray attachment.
  • If a leak is within a foot of the male or female connectors, cut off the stop 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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Step ii

Measure

  • Before heading to the hardware store for repair parts, measure out what size garden hose you accept. The 3 mutual sizes of garden hose are 1/2-, 5/8-, and 3/4-inch. That is the ID (inside diameter) of the hose.
  • The OD (outside bore) is typically 1/viii-inch larger than the ID. Then a 5/8-inch hose has a iii/four-inch OD.

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Step 4

Four Piece of cake Repairs

Clamp Hose Menders

  • Replace the ends or splice the heart of a hose with clinch hose menders. Once you accept the damage department cutting off the hose, stick the barbed end of the repair fitting into the hose. Bend the tangs downwards and into the hose, squeezing it evenly with a pair of pliers, aqueduct locks or vice grips.

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Clamp Couplers

  • Clamp couplers for ends and splicing hoses are some other like shooting fish in a barrel hose fix.
  • Remove the screws and cover from the coupler.
  • Stick the barbed terminate into the hose.
  • Replace the cover and tighten the screws.

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Hose Clamps

  • Hose clamps and a three-inch piece of one/two-inch copper tubing work well for a splice repair.
  • Slip a hose clamp over the end of the cut hose.
  • Insert the 1/2-inch slice of copper tubing into the hose, letting 1-1/2 inches stick out. Now, tighten the hose clamp with a screwdriver.
  • Sideslip another hose clamp over the end of the other slice of cut hose. Insert the ane/ii-inch slice of copper tubing and tighten the clench 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.
  • Sideslip the neckband over the hose.
  • Push the repair fitting onto the hose, so spiral and tighten the collar to the repair fitting.

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Step 5

Examination for Leaks

  • Connect the hose to the faucet and turn it 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, 2021