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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mlscontractcleaner on January 29, 2009, 06:06:18 pm

Title: 8mm hose
Post by: mlscontractcleaner on January 29, 2009, 06:06:18 pm

Hi all.

As a user of 12.5mm hose I'm quite happy to have it running across a road and letting cars drive over it; not all day you understand, but for a short while whilst I'm working I don't mind as it's tough stuff and has never split on me.

My question; is 8mm hose as robust or will it damage if a car or worse, a bus, drives over it  ???

I'd hate to start the day with a single 100m reel of hose and return home with two 50m reels :'(

Title: Re: 8mm hose
Post by: S.A.J on January 29, 2009, 06:09:41 pm

8mm will be fine mate, I have 6mm microbore which is 3 years old and it has been driven over a million times by everything!

Stuart

Title: Re: 8mm hose
Post by: DaveG on January 29, 2009, 06:11:42 pm

Ive got 8mm and it is starting to split in places

Title: Re: 8mm hose
Post by: Alex Gardiner on January 29, 2009, 06:12:33 pm

8mm 'Minibore' and 6mm 'Microbore' hoses are actually more resistant to vehicles driving over them than larger bore hoses. They will also kink less and are generally a lot easier to work with.

Title: Re: 8mm hose
Post by: mlscontractcleaner on January 29, 2009, 06:19:57 pm

Thanks for the quick answers lads; I guess I'll be popping up to Varitech on Monday. It'll be nice not to have to use an extension on the end of my 50m hose!