Jeff74 said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I very quickly went to Amazon and looked up some backwash hoses. Seems they are a bit expensive. I guess I will need the fitting too? Is this something you can buy at Lowes/Home Depot? I was hoping I could get away with a smaller, less expensive hose since I will be hard piping it into the drain for my yard after this year.
Did you use "backwash hose", all departments, at Amazon. They have some listed as low as ~$8. The other day the one I purchased at Leslie's is 25 ft, 1.5 in for $14.99. That's probably more than the price at Walmart, Lowe's/HD.
Fitting.... I always forget what they call them but you can use a metal band clamp, the one that has notches in it that tightens with a screw driver. They aren't very expensive. But, gosh, if you have plastic ties around, that should work too. I use those for everything, including fencing. If one is too short I just use one or more to make longer ties. I'm thinking about putting a bit of the hose, cut into a strip, wrapped around where the clamp fitting will be, between the fitting and hose, to cushion it a bit from the metal. I already have the band fitting as I keep them in all sizes for different jobs around the "Dawg Ranch". :lol:
When I'm working with anything vinyl like, hoses, tubes, etc., it's usually helpful to have a container of near boiling water to soften up the hose, etc., making it easier to fit over things. I do this all the time mending or working with garden hoses and others things.
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