A very dumb pressure washer question

Macc

Buying a pressure washer tomorrow - probably the nilfisk 130 from argos https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9419829

Dumb question, never used a pressure washer before, but am I right in thinking I also need to also buy a seperate hosepipe to attach the machine to my tap? I assume so but in the description it says it has a 6m hose. That just means the length of the hose from the machine to the sprayer gun right?

Told you it was a dumb question!





 

Bendy_House

You are almost certainly right - the 'hose' supplied is just the 'lance' hose, and you'll also need a 'garden' hose to supply the machine with water.

Almost certainly...

Be ready to buy a garden hose from Argos too, in case you need it. (Open the box, and see if there's one there)

davemorton

Yes, you will need a garden hose. 

shiraz99

You'll definitely be needing a garden hose to connect it up to the water supply, I assume you have an outside tap. You'll also need a couple of hose connectors, get the standard hozelock ones, not the aquastop ones, a tap connector with a non return valve if using a pressure washer.

The standard hose on most consumer washers are pretty rubbish, thermoplastic affairs and definitely worth upgrading to a good, 10m reinforced rubber hose which will set you back around £30.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

you don't need an outside tap, I use an expandable hose, attached to my kitchen sink tap and out through window.

cymruchris

Guaranteed you'll need a hosepipe. 

If you've got 6.5m on the machine - how far away from the tap do you need to be?

You'll need a hose - but you might also need an extension lead depending on where the power is....

shiraz99

If you're looking at that Nilfisk, it's much cheaper here: https://www.cleanstore.co.uk/products/productslistSub.asp?Main=Domestic-Pressure-Washers&sub=Home-Pressure-Washers

badger09

frugalmacdugal said:

Hi,

you don't need an outside tap, I use an expandable hose, attached to my kitchen sink tap and out through window.

We got 2 of those from Cotton Traders recently. Husband likes their Taylor Slim jeans so stocked up when they were half price. 

By splitting the order in 2, I qualified for 2 ‘free’ hoses. 

Very MSE😉

Alanp

The hose should come with all the connections but it might not have one that connects to an outside tap, ( if you are using one) check before you get home,