It is of course hard to know not seeing the set-up but I don't see Teflon tape working well because there isn't any thread or anything else and the tape works more like a filler which can stretch and mould.
Fitting hose over a smooth pipe can result in voids. moulding tape to fill those voids seems to be pretty difficult to me unless the tape is itself somehow compressible but to have enough thickness to compress means you will not be able to get the hose over it and the tape will slide up the hose. Some sort of rubber tape will roll up as the hose pushes it and so on. There are rubber like cement and other compounds which remain gooey. While it would take a little work to clean it off it would clean off. Even something like silicone calking might work and still allow you to push the hose over the plastic fitting and would seal securely when the hose clamp is tightened down. I am not certain but you might be able to get metallic barbed fittings to insert in the plastic end and slightly larger end to fit into the hose. There may also be plastic ones too but that will narrow the inside dimension of the pipe which will reduce the efficiency of the pump. You might ask at a good plumbing supply for a barbed fitting that will glue to the end of your pipe, ABS or PVC be sure you get the right one and the right adhesive. My local hardware store has bins of various configurations of metal and plastic barbed fittings but I haven't examined them all. Finally, you can purchase threaded fittings to go onto the end of the plastic pipe to fit the female fittings standard on the end of hoses assuming the right pipe dimension, usually three quarters I think. You can then fit a standard hose fitting to the end of the hose and just screw it on. You can even make up fittings to transfer from plastic to brass which will be more durable for connecting and disconnecting year over year. Can't think of any more possibilities but I don't see wrapping tape and trying to get the hose over it as a very practical solution and even if the hose is so loose it will fit over the tape it will also be so loose that as you tighten the clamp over it it will tend to form a slight pleat and leak there. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brice Mijares To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Pool hose connections Dale, I really don't think putting any kind of gunk between the PVC Pipe and the hose is a good idea. These hoses can get a leak at any time. Once there is a leak, you'd have to replace the hose. The new hose would need a nice clean and smooth surface in order to prevent leakage. Teflon tape is all they recommend . One of these days, I'm going to get rid of all the hoses, and hard pipe it with PVC pipe. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
