Fork handles? Nope, I need an 'ose

breaking_free

It is a cheap hose and fittings - £10 the lot. Perhaps that's the heart of the problem...

stuart45

,The sprayer should push fit into the other end.

Bendy_House

breaking_free said:

Tony (or anybody) I've numbered the parts. Are you able to tell me which part goes where? E.g. part 1 goes on the tap, part 2 goes on the end of the 'ose, stick part 3 in your ear and twist hard (for being so ignorant)...and so on? I'd be much obliged.

Lol! A couple of issues - the first is that your existing brass tap fitting is a serrated spigot designed to take a hose directly - ie pushed on and permanently jubilee-clipped down.

The brass spigot on the tap should therefore be unscrewed, and item '1' screwed on it its place (most likely you remove the green insert first, and screw the black part on, ensuring there's a rubber O ring inside it).

Your push-connectors 2 and 3 will now clip on and off this quickly, and you won't have water spurting back out the top :-)

 Also, as pointed out, connector '3' has an auto-stop valve in it. This, I understand, therefore goes at the 'spray' end of the hose, and not on to the tap end - fit connector '2' to the tap end of the hose, and this'll clip to the tap's item '1'.

When water tries to flow, it'll reach the end of the hose and push that black valve (on item '3') forwards and this will shut off the water flow. When you clip on an accessory - such as '4' - this will push that valve back inwards and open up the flow. Very clever.

It means that, when you detach the sprayer nozzle, say to change it over to summat else, the water will automatically stop flowing out t'end :-)

(Or, it could be an anti-syphon valve to stop dirty water getting back into the mains as pointed out by someone else. I'm pretty sure it goes on the 'spray' end of the hose, tho'.)

Very good descriptive video, by the way :-)

molerat

Unscrew brass nozzle from tap and fit part 1 in its place with or without the green insert whichever fits - either 1/2" or 3/4" BSP standard tap fitting.

Remove the part 5 from part 3 and drop onto hose, threaded portion towards end of hose.  Poke hose into part 3, there will be a smooth inner and "fingered" outer,push hose between the two. Screw the part 5 back on forcing the fingers against the hose.  This end is for the spray nozzle, part 4, and is a "stop end" which stops water flowing unless something is plugged into it.

Drop part 5 onto other end of hose, fit part 2 as per instructions for part 3 above. This end plugs onto the tap / part 1

Those cheap fittings, and likely the hose, won't last long if left out in the sun as the plastic is not very well UV stabilised so goes brittle and disintegrates after a few years.

breaking_free

Thanks all! Once again your collective wisdom has saved the day.

twopenny

I had to laugh because I did the same thing.

In true money saving style I keep all the bits spare from over the years and got the wrong one. Then found there was already a brass connection on the tap! I was trying to put 2 of the same together.

I do use a screw type metal bit to keep it connected but often you find it's rusted by the time you want to tighten it so I add some garden wire just below where the hose connects to the screw on to the tap bit for added hope. Seems to work.