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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Richy L on March 21, 2008, 11:18:55 pm

Title: kinking hoses!
Post by: Richy L on March 21, 2008, 11:18:55 pm

Im fed up woth my hoses kinking for pressure washing(water from the tap).
Would a microbore hose work? or would it not be able to carry enough water?i.e. be too narrow to let enough water through

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: drivewasher on March 22, 2008, 08:02:26 am

Microbore wont let the volume through especially on long runs.
I don't have any probs with kinking hose, what hose do you use mine is the good quality yellow hose in 35mtr lenghts wound onto hose reels.
The cheapo green stuff is awfull

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: martin19842 on March 22, 2008, 09:30:38 am

hi there

ricky we have used the professional range of low pressure hoses, they are more expensive than the standard ranges, but dont seem to suffer as much.

regards

martin

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: Richy L on March 22, 2008, 03:23:29 pm

does anyone have an example of what they use.
I just like the idea of microbore as its light and you can fit 100 mtrs on a reel easily without taking up too much room

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: drivewasher on March 22, 2008, 04:34:14 pm

Richy, forget microbore its no good to feed a powerwasher.
I use this hose, follow the link it's called extraflex
I have 2x 35mtr reels of 1/2 inch plus a loose coiled 30mtr lenght of 3/4 inch

http://www.dualpumps.co.uk/images/hose_clips_sealant.pdf

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: Richy L on March 22, 2008, 04:48:45 pm

i suck the water from a barrel, so i dont need microbore to suck the water, just microbore to fill it. should i forget about it?
I just want to minimize the amount of space the hose takes up too.

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: rob fryer on March 23, 2008, 12:54:00 pm

I use c k pro hose you can buy 20 35 or 75 mtr lenths its green and red and does not kink you can also buy it 3/4 diameter, also it does not go hard like the yellow hose

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: drivewasher on March 23, 2008, 03:25:07 pm

I'd forget it. The aim is to supply as much water as you use, if you dont the barrell will run dry then you have to prime pump up again.
Microbore won't come near 15 litres a miniute on any decent run.

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: BDCS on March 23, 2008, 05:08:08 pm

Forgive my ignorance but I thought "kinking hoses" were held up with suspenders. I use the green and yellow hoselock stuff

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: Xline Systems on March 25, 2008, 03:03:48 pm

HAVE YOU TRIED MAGASTAR PROFFESIONAL. ITS AWSOME. NOT CHEEP MIND! BUT ITS GOT A LIFETIME GUARENTEE.

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: keith b on March 25, 2008, 03:48:45 pm

The website below sells re-inforced hose - its 3-ply and kink resistant and is made to B.S. 3764

http://www.casupply.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000002.pl?page=search&SS=re-inforced+hose&PR=-1&TB=A&search.x=20&search.y=7

Title: Re: kinking hoses!
Post by: Ged on March 25, 2008, 10:13:32 pm

Our local Wilkinson store sells anti kink hose in 30 metre lengths for next to nowt and it’s really good stuff. Light weight, and never kinks

Ged