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Connecting a hose pipe to kitchen tap

SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
in Tools and techniques
I've been lugging a watering can around my garden for years and it just struck me that I can get an adaptor to connect to the kitchen tap! However I'm now worries if I do that, the pressure in the hose pipe will build up if I attach a spray gun at the end of it or is there enough flex in a hose to withstand the pressure for the short time it would take me to get started?

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  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    I used to do the same about 40 years ago never had any problem apart from the connector coming off now and again, the pressure will be the same whether the hose is on or not won't it?
  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    No idea. My worry is that the pressure will build up and something will go horribly wrong when moving about.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Does your kitchen tap have an aerator?  You may need to remove this to get adequate pressure in your hose.  There are lots of universal adapters available on that well known website, have a look and see which one will suit your tap.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    No idea.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Have a look at the underside of your tap - it will look like a small disc of mesh, either metal or plastic, which can be unscrewed.  If you don't have one, your tap will deliver normal pressure.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    It does. So if you don't remove that the pressure will be an issue?
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Try it and see what difference it makes.  I know only a little about this - my boiler wouldn't deliver hot water to the bathroom tap once because the aerator was limed up (safety measure). 
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • AstroAstro Posts: 433
    edited June 2023
    There are spray guns that are variable with a slider rather than a trigger. This means you can have a sensible flow going from the off, this would reduce the pressure build up.
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