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GArden hose

angie4angie4 Posts: 44
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Can anyone recommend a garden hose suitable for a house with low water pressure please?
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  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I can wholeheartedly recommend the Gardena wall mounted self retracting hose, one of my best ever garden purchases. What I don’t know is whether it performs better or worse than other makes in respect of low pressure. Are some hoses specially adapted for that?
    Rutland, England
  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    If you have low pressure then you want the biggest bore, so it isn't restricted.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    What's the problem you're trying to overcome? @angie4

    Billericay - Essex

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  • angie4angie4 Posts: 44
    The water pressure is really low, so basically the water comes out of the hose in a bit of a dribble. Takes hours to water the garden! Just wondered if there’s a type of hose out there that overcomes this problem and gives us a reasonable rate of flow.
  • angie4angie4 Posts: 44
    RoddersUK said:
    If you have low pressure then you want the biggest bore, so it isn't restricted.
    So what bore would you recommend? I thought they were all the same. 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I'm afraid if you have low pressure that's what will happen.
    If you attach a hose spray gun you should be able to get more of a jet of water coming out but there's nothing you can do to get more water out of the hose if the pressure isn't there.

    Billericay - Essex

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  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    What size tap outlet do you have?

    Places like waterirrigation.co.uk have a large range of different size hose. You could go for 19mm.
    How long is the hose, only use the length you need, as anything longer is just causing more restriction.
    On the tap end, have a barbed outlet and use a jubilee clip to fix the hose direct  the quick connectors tend to have a smaller bore, thus reducing your flow.

    If you have space, you could store water (fill it up slowly and go and do something else) then pump it out.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Do you have a water butt, then if so a water butt pump will give you some usable pressure for watering the garden.

    Then you could refill the water butt via your low pressure hose at your leisure.
  • MrMowMrMow Posts: 160
    First check that any isolation valve is fully open, if you have one.

    If you are using the push on type hose connectors, make sure they are not of the stop type, they have a lot lower flow rate due to the stopper inside.

    Other than that if you are still suffering with low pressure use a 3/4  inch hose and then reduce down to half inch, this will give you maximum water flow and then the maximum amount of pressure at the outlet.

    Also different sprinklers will have different flow rates, so it will power one very well but another will hardly run.

    You can also do a flow test and if it is very low you can get onto your water supplier. test inside and outside, this can show up and plumbing problems.
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  • angie4angie4 Posts: 44
    Thanks Mr Mow, some really useful tips there. I did get the water company out last year and they did a thorough job of testing everything. The water flow rate is half what it should be! The problem is I’m on a shared water pipe. The cost of putting in my own water pipe is prohibitive to say the least. 
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