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Title: bust in microbore
Post by: brianmc on December 30, 2009, 08:34:29 am: hi,looking for quick advice!!my supplier is closed until 4th january and i have a small hole appeared on my pole hose,anyone have a decent emergency idea???? thanks in advance
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: jeff1 on December 30, 2009, 09:53:39 am: Try some self- amalgamating tape available from screwfix
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: pingu on December 30, 2009, 10:34:09 am: Cut a small piece of hose split it and plasti-tie it over the hole...should hold for a while until you can fix it properly....I have done this with scuba gear and it works so should work with wfp hose.

Cheers
Dave.
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: Window Washers on December 30, 2009, 10:37:35 am: Quote from: brianmc on December 30, 2009, 08:34:29 am
hi,looking for quick advice!!my supplier is closed until 4th january and i have a small hole appeared on my pole hose,anyone have a decent emergency idea???? thanks in advance
You should be able to get some hose fixing tape in b&q.
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: trevor perry on December 30, 2009, 10:42:20 am: cut a 3inch piece of ordinary 1/2 inch hose slide over microbore to cover hole then get 2 jubilee clips and tighten at each side of where hole is.
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: Sunshine/Cleaning on December 30, 2009, 10:54:17 am: I just fixed mine with insulation tape!
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on December 30, 2009, 11:01:55 am: B&Q sell the following that may help...

1) a sealing tape
2) A straight plastic connector (like
the t-piece on your brush

Hope you get sorted buddy
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: Mike 108 on December 30, 2009, 12:11:29 pm: Quote from: SunshineCleaning on December 30, 2009, 10:54:17 am
I just fixed mine with insulation tape!

Same here!
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: brianmc on December 30, 2009, 03:44:33 pm: cheers for all the ideas,i managed to find a `very` slightly bigger piece of hose and slid it over the problem,and then jubilee clipped it......it has held all day with no problems....once again cheers
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: leapstallbuildings on December 30, 2009, 03:59:14 pm: You can usually get the pole hose itself in B and Q. Maybe not the same one as you are using but you should be able to get something similar.
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: Window Washers on December 30, 2009, 04:19:39 pm: Quote from: leapstallbuildings on December 30, 2009, 03:59:14 pm
You can usually get the pole hose itself in B and Q. Maybe not the same one as you are using but you should be able to get something similar.
lol, why is it the simple things never get remembered ::) I should know that I did a vid on making a pole from b&q lol, I blame it on being on holiday for to long
Title: Re: bust in microbore
Post by: Ian Lancaster on December 30, 2009, 08:50:02 pm: Do you mean pole hose, or reel hose?

Pole hose will mend with just insulating tape as there's only low pressure inside (open ended through the jets). I keep a reel of 1/4" clear hose to replace worn pole hose - cheaper by the reel and easy to replace - I don't use any hose clips because low pressure (as above).

Reel hose needs hose clips as it will be at 100psi with the pole unplugged but as several have said, easy enough to effect a good temporary repair.