Introduction
A garden hose is an essential outdoor home tool, used for washing cars, watering plants, filling pools and rinsing off muddy pet paws. When it springs a leak (or two), there's nothing more frustrating as it sprays water in your face, on your clothes and down the storm drain - everywhere you DON'T want it to go. Fortunately, fixing a garden hose is a pretty easy task, and is a lot cheaper than buying a new one. I always try to repair hoses before replacing them, both to save money and to reduce my landfill contribution. Not all leaks are the same so every fix might require a different approach— there's more than one way to fix the most common leaks.
Tools Required
Materials Required
- 3" piece of 1/2" copper pipe
- Clamp couplers
- Clench hose menders
- Compression mender
- Hose clamps
- Rubber hose washers
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