Questions tagged [hose]
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Hose bib below grade, yard hydrants
Does UPC 2015 allow hose connections below grade (e.g. in an underground valve box)? Is a regular vacuum breaker sufficient in this situation or is a double check valve needed (typical for sprinklers)?...
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Garden hose turns but does not unscrew
Hi the previous owners of my mobile home left a garden hose attached to the outside and i cannot get it off. It turns but isn't coming off
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Help with Connecting a Japanese Toilet (Bidet) to US toilet and plumbing line
My first post on this board and looking for help. I've really been struggling to get this thing installed.
Forewarning: I know little to nothing about plumbing, so excuse my incorrect use of ...
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routing hoses in the duff, 5/8“ garden hose, or 3/4” garden hose, or 3/4" polyethylene?
A related question is here: Buried hose through PVC to outdoor hose bibb
Should I route 5/8" garden hoses, or 3/4"?
We're trying a new watering set up this year. I've collected about a dozen garden ...
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Replacing exterior hose valve, interior connection
I want to make sure I'm going about replacing the my exterior hose connection properly:
The exterior hose connection on our ~1930s era brick house started leaking badly out of the handle. Naturally, ...
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Pump problems! Do I need a pressure tank?
So I recently hooked up a shallow well jet pump to a 5,000gal tank. It seems primed, when I open the outlet valve to pour water in, water flows out. I flip the breaker and it makes an odd rough ...
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Water leaking at hose-faucet quick connector
I have a faucet positioned near the ground at the entrance of my home. I use it for watering the lawn by connecting a ~40m hose to it via an adapter (blue) and a quick connector.
If I don't connect a ...
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Find adapter for an air hose
I bought this adapter to easier fill my car tires with air:
(https://ebay.us/vtTY9x)
However, the outer diameter of the left side is 1/4" and it has no inner thread.
I wanted the left side to be a ...
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Portable AC unit extraction hose routing
I've got a "portable AC unit" which is a free-standing unit, not a permanent installation like a high wall split system.
They require to be vented to the outside world, otherwise they simply don't ...
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split system air conditioner condensate hose
I need to buy and install a split AC and I have a small issue.
The AC has two copper pipes for refrigerant gas to flow through and one hose to eliminate condensation water, and normally, the hose ...
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Attaching hoses to outside faucet
Is there an outside faucet thread that would make attaching a standard garden hose easy? Mine has a narrow thread that makes it very hard to get the attachment started. I spent over five minutes on my ...
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Anti-freeze or non-freeze faucet leaking a lot from the top metal cap
I have two outdoor antifreeze faucets that are both leaking from the top metal cap. As shown in the pictures. [
I tried tightening it and using teflon tape then tightening it, but none works. I can ...
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Buried hose through PVC to outdoor hose bibb
The big picture.
I'm looking to install an outdoor hose bibb in my driveway. At present, the way I get water to this location is by running a 50 ft length of hose from an outdoor hose bibb in the ...
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Trouble with kitchen pull-out faucet universal hose?
(I am using terms as shown in this exploded view)
A few months back the hose for my kitchen pull-out faucet broke. I went to the home improvement store and bought a universal replacement hose. I had ...
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Pipe thread to hose thread adapter
I have an external faucet with a 1" (male) pipe thread. If I attach a regular hose pipe to it then (as you would expect) it leaks at that point. I would have thought that it would be easy to find a 1" ...
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rubber seals in unheated shed over winter have broken down,
I hooked up my hose for the first time this spring, intending to water some of my garden. The first nozzle was a wand style and was leaking horrendously at trigger area. I then switched to a gun style ...
