{"id":21736,"date":"2009-12-31T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T21:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2016-09-12T19:53:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:53:26","slug":"fresh-water-hose-repairupgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/fresh-water-hose-repairupgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Water Hose Repair\/Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to find a good fresh water hose with fittings that won&#8217;t give over time. I know there are online sources for ones with brass fittings, but they get you with the shipping. A good way to make a cheap hose last longer is to replace the standard fitting with a brass one.<\/p>\n<p>Project cost: $4-6 depending on prices at your local hardware store<\/p>\n<p>Difficulty: super easy<\/p>\n<p>Materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>one water hose with crappy fittings<\/li>\n<li>one 1\/2&#8243; female to male brass adapter<\/li>\n<li>one 3\/4&#8243; pressure fitting (you might be able to find a kit that has both the adapter and the fitting together)<\/li>\n<li>a sharp knife<\/li>\n<li>a flat head screw driver<\/li>\n<li>teflon<\/li>\n<li>a rainsuit (optional but useful on a typical day in Campbell River)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simply cut off the crappy fitting from the fresh water hose. Slip on the pressure fitting. Twist in the brass adapter. Tighten the pressure fitting. Wrap teflon around the male adapter on your water pressure regulator (or the threads on the water outlet if you&#8217;re foolish enough to not use a pressure regulator). Screw on the water hose. Turn on the water and check for leaks. Adjust the tightness of the pressure fitting (sometimes you need to loosen, not tighten, to fix leaks).<\/p>\n<p>Total time:\u00a0 five minutes, not counting running to the hardware store and back<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3975\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/fresh-water-hose-repairupgrade\/01-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3975\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3975\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/01-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"typical fresh water hose fitting\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">typical fresh water hose fitting<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3976\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/fresh-water-hose-repairupgrade\/02-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3976\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3976\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3976\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/02-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Notice that the fitting is in two parts, which flex. It starts to leak when the two parts have flexed so much as to no longer fit tightly.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Notice that the fitting is in two parts, which flex. It starts to leak when the two parts have flexed so much as to no longer fit tightly.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3977\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/fresh-water-hose-repairupgrade\/03-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3977\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3977\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3977\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/03-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"all-in-one replacement fitting for a garden or fresh water hose\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">all-in-one replacement fitting for a garden or fresh water hose<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3978\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/fresh-water-hose-repairupgrade\/04-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3978\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3978\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3978\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/04-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"teflon wrapped around the water pressure regulator threads\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">teflon wrapped around the water pressure regulator threads<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3979\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/fresh-water-hose-repairupgrade\/05-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3979\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3979\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3979\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/05-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"old fitting removed, pressure fitting added\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">old fitting removed, pressure fitting added<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3980\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/fresh-water-hose-repairupgrade\/06-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3980\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3980\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/06-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"end result; no leaks!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">end result; no leaks!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to find a good fresh water hose with fittings that won&#8217;t give over time. I know there are online sources for ones with brass fittings, but they get you with the shipping. A good way to make a cheap hose last longer is to replace the standard fitting with a brass one. Project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1442,1085,632,635,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britishcolumbia","category-campbell-river-vancouver-island-bc-canada-travel-bc-canada-travel","category-canada","category-north-america","category-rving","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}