Hosepipe question

[forrestgreen]

We have to have the tap on one side of a (impossible to open) gate and the hosepipe on the other.
If I leave the tap on it drips continually, we've tried all manner of ends and bits and can't solve it.

Does anyone have a hosepipe that they can leave with the tap on?
(Hope that makes sense)

replace the tap

Mine also drips. I think it’s the build up of pressure, and the hose attachment just isn’t good enough.

Have you tried a jubilee clip? You may never get it off though.

Where do you live? I don’t worry about the water as it is minimal and we are in an extremely wet part of the U.K. If you are in a place with a shortage of water then maybe you could catch the drip by running it down the outside of the hosepipe and into a bucket.

So the tap itself doesn't drip, it's just when you try to turn the water off by just the hosepipe nozzle? If so, I don't think that is recommended for long periods, you should really turn it off properly at the tap. But I can see its annoying if you can't reach through from one side of the gate to the other very easily.
In that case I'd do what peajotter said. And use the bucket to water plants etc when it fills up.

Every outdoor tap I've ever had has had its own stopcock or valve inside the house so it can be fully turned off in winter. Maybe you could control the water using that if the outside tap is hard to access? (And if I've understood properly what you mean)

My three garden taps are turned on all summer because they are connected to the irrigation timers.
It was worth replacing the taps so that Hozelock fittings were spot on

Sorry, I knew it wouldn't make sense.
The proper tap itself is fine, it runs under a gate where the hosepipe is.
It leeks endlessly from the 'handle' on the end of the hosepipe. We've had all sorts of ends on it but it still leaks.

I'm for binning it off and buying a new one.

Annoyingly the tap comes from the garage so can't turn it off inside each time.

It's for hosing the dogs toilet area down and the dogs too so having it just on, would be fab.

I do like the bucket idea though, less of a waste!

You could always relocate the tap, i.e. move it/extend it to the side you want it on and then you could always turn the tap off as it would be easy to reach. Moving an outside tap is an easy thing to be done.

@forrestgreen You typed about it being in the garage whilst I was typing my bit out. Not so easy to move if inside a garage.

I have asked my dh to move the tap apparently it's nigh on impossible, I actually think he cba, so I told him I was buying a new hosepipe then 😂

I also offered up the idea of going into the kitchen tap's water to make a new outside tap. So the dogs could have lovely warm water. Again way to much aggro...

I have asked my dh to move the tap apparently it's nigh on impossible, I actually think he cba, so I told him I was buying a new hosepipe then Try again, but this time tell him you're getting a plumber in.

Having an outside tap plumbed is not a massive deal in most houses with a basic standard set up. Tapping directly into your hot water feed might be a bit more difficult but again, still doable as long as you can shut it off at winter without disrupting supply inside.

If your man is handy for this stuff but just doesn't want to then perhaps getting a plumber or two to come in and quote might spur him on.

£65 supplies and fitted here. Not that much and cheaper than a divorce!

Interesting fact - A tap that drips 1 drip per second loses 13,000 litres of water per year!

I need to up my nagging...

I would ditch the existing hosepipe and get one of the Hozelock retractable ones.

You will never look back or regret it for a single second. They are LOVELY. The time I spent trying to roll up a hose - that just wanted to twist repeatedly and dribble water on me - to hang on the tap, and if I couldn't be bothered with its tiresome shenanigans, it lay on the ground, gathered leaves and cobwebs like it was its hobby and tried to trip us up all the time.

It might be more outlay than you were intending, but meh. It will be worth it a hundred times over.

Can it cope with the tap being left on?

Yes, but our tap drips when it's on, although our tap is over a drain so that doesn't matter. But it's definitely the tap, not the hose. I prefer to leave the tap off and the hose on (turned to spray) but it works just as well with the hose nozzle turned off.

I've recently bought a Gardena Liana hose after getting mightily pissed off with my Hozelock

No leaks at all

Thanks all