50 metres of 1 inch transfer hose needs winter-proofing.....

[1217]

....and I have no idea how! 

I cant park anywhere near to my IBC so need to push the water each night through 50 metres of 1 inch hose to the van. Piece of cake in Summer as the hose can just be left in the garden. However with winter round the corner I have no idea how to protect this much heavy hose each night.  I have nowhere to store it inside and as it is connected to the submersible pump in the garden it has to be stored outside. So what kind of cold proofing solutions are there? 

Cheers

 

[spruce]

If you can, drain the water in it back into the ibc tank. For us we uncouple the hose at the garage door (we have a join coupling there) and walk down the hose raising it above our heads. As the hose is higher than the van's tank the water in the hose drains into the vans tank. An empty hose is easier to coil up and put away.

There will be a small amount of water left over in the hose. If it freezes it should be to much of a problem and block the hose.

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[Marko067]

Should you need them, I use these for joining my 1" hose. Quick n easy, twist n lock.

http://www.cityirrigation.co.uk/acatalog/Geka-Hose-End-coupling-1--GKHE032.html#SID=258

 

[CHWS]

Where's the best place to get the inch hose pipe ?

 

[Marko067]

Don’t know if it’s the best place but I used this link on the recommendation of someone on here...

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/1in-reinforced-hose/

 

[1217]

Should you need them, I use these for joining my 1" hose. Quick n easy, twist n lock.

http://www.cityirrigation.co.uk/acatalog/Geka-Hose-End-coupling-1--GKHE032.html#SID=258

Never seen those before!  How do they work then, just buy 2 the same and they twist together? No leaking?

 

[1217]

Don’t know if it’s the best place but I used this link on the recommendation of someone on here...

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/1in-reinforced-hose/

See I bought 50 meter's of proper three layer hose. Weighs a ton, especially dragging it down communal alleys and such! I looked at that corrugated hose and I just didn't think it would hold up at that length on gravel and whatnot. So is there anything else I can do to protect from ice and cold apart from draining the hose each night? 

 

[CHWS]

See I bought 50 meter's of proper three layer hose. Weighs a ton, especially dragging it down communal alleys and such! I looked at that corrugated hose and I just didn't think it would hold up at that length on gravel and whatnot. So is there anything else I can do to protect from ice and cold apart from draining the hose each night? 

Yeah I'm only buying inch hose as my corrugated stuff is leaking !

 

[1217]

Yeah I'm only buying inch hose as my corrugated stuff is leaking !

Mine was about £75 I think.  Its the Cellfast plus *** one. Good and strong but heavy and does kink. Its a real pain in the rear to store that much hose but have no choice.

 

[Iron Giant]

Go to http://amazon.co.uk and search for flexible pond hose sold by First4spares or Spares2go this stuff is like the waste hose on a washing machine different diametre's and lengths they also sell barbed hose joiners I just tape mine up once joined with cheap electrical tape, Had mine well over year and no splits and very lightweight.

 

[Marko067]

Never seen those before!  How do they work then, just buy 2 the same and they twist together? No leaking?

Thats it. The rubber seals expand with the pressure and become completely watertight

 

[Marko067]

See I bought 50 meter's of proper three layer hose. Weighs a ton, especially dragging it down communal alleys and such! I looked at that corrugated hose and I just didn't think it would hold up at that length on gravel and whatnot. So is there anything else I can do to protect from ice and cold apart from draining the hose each night? 

The hose from machine mart is much sturdier than it looks.  Much sturdier than the black garden pond stuff which I was using till I discovered this stuff.  Every few months I had to replace it as it kept splitting. Buy a short piece and see what you think.

 

[Philip]

Where's the best place to get the inch hose pipe ?

Water line products/ ro man they are based in toome mate I got 20 quid for 20 metres.

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[Jordiebarrett]

We leave our pumps on one or two psi over night if we have cold spell. Keeps the water moving just enough so it can freeze. We hook all our reels and pipes together through dog leads we've made up and then in the morning recouple and off we go.

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[Jonathan Sanderson]

Sounds like you need a shed or outside box with a fire hose reel. Reel it back in, and have a little tubular heater next to the hose. 

 

[1217]

Thanks all for the suggestions, much apreciated  :1f44d:

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

Just add a regular dose of Iso Proponyl to your IBC and your water wont freeze.