Best drain down hose - what do you use?

[Jim Goodenough]

Please advise on which hose you use to drain down with?

 

[rpm]

A yellow one?
(Real sorry but the door was wide open)

 

[Jim Goodenough]

it was meant to be RPM....

 

[Jim Goodenough]

what about the
Dickie Dyer 991866 Drain Down Hose Kit 4pc 10m 11.092
natural rubber
anybody used one? does it crack up being natural rubber

 

[SimonG]

Short length of garden hose onto a length of 15mm copper to the nearest drain.

 

[Gasmk1]

I use one of these Drain-Down Hose Kit didn't pay that much got it with points from boiler installs, nice and easy to roll up.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I use one of these Drain-Down Hose Kit didn't pay that much got it with points from boiler installs, nice and easy to roll up.

I’ll second that. Had mine so long the jubilee clip last week.

 

[Dkdc71]

The nearest one

 

[Ric2013]

I bought an expensive FITT hose from Screwfix (this one, I think: Fitt 30m Heavy Braided NTS Wintech Hose ). Very good. Almost impossible to kink but soft enough to go onto draw-off cocks.

Can't understand why you would spend the money on a non-reinforced rubber hose that explodes under mains pressure and collapses under vacuum when this works well both as a drain off and under pressure! Perhaps someone can explain?

 

[Old Account]

I use one of these Drain-Down Hose Kit didn't pay that much got it with points from boiler installs, nice and easy to roll up.

Have got the same and definitely good piece of a kit. Even though the price is quite high but worth spending when working a lot on central heating systems.

 

[S.P.S.]

Dickie dyer rubber drain down hose as above, gets my vote

 

[sammathias]

Just a garden hose...no problems..

 

[S.P.S.]

I got fed up with garden hoses kinking, coiling up terribly and getting crushed under suction when draining down!

 

[Last Plumber]

 

[Harvest Fields]

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Powerflush/magnacleanse hose

 

[Last Plumber]

Powerflush/magnacleanse hose

Same stuff but there's a place not far away that manufactures it. I bought 1/2" and 3/8" hoses for draining and siphoning off. I also bought some 1 1/4" for something else.
I have had them for Donkeys Years now. They have got shorter by 2" every so often as I sometimes cut bits off when the ends split. I use those hoses because I can see through them and they seldom kink.

There you go, an in depth report on the hoses used by Last Plumber on a day to day basis.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Same stuff but there's a place not far away that manufactures it. I bought 1/2" and 3/8" hoses for draining and siphoning off. I also bought some 1 1/4" for something else.
I have had them for Donkeys Years now. They have got shorter by 2" every so often as I sometimes cut bits off when the ends split. I use those hoses because I can see through them and they seldom kink.

There you go, an in depth report on the hoses used by Last Plumber on a day to day basis.

Purge ?

 

[Last Plumber]

Purge ?

Correctamundo

 

[Zippymark]

I got one of the orange rubber ones that have already been posted, it cost about £25 but i'm so glad i did, i spent so long unravelling the garden hose i had and trying to un kink it. Also it's bendier so lays flatter and drains down easier.

 

[brucethegas]

+1 for the Regin.

The rubber is good for 7 or 8 years

 

[AWheating]

You need to spend good money to get a good hose. Those rubber ones are decent but short. I brought 50m of hozlock garden hose there top of the range anti Knick and cut it into 4 lengths. Longest only used to drain tanks and cylinder. Had it for 10 years plus, still in great condition.

 

[Keefy]

Just been gifted one of these via Installer Show but yet to use it.

Syphon Sucker – Sucky Little Mucker

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Just been gifted one of these via Installer Show but yet to use it.

Syphon Sucker – Sucky Little Mucker

Let us know any updates/ cons please as I'm interested but the price is a sticky point

 

[Harvest Fields]

Let us know any updates/ cons please as I'm interested but the price is a sticky point

There is another version of it around but cannot remember what it is called.

 

[Ric2013]

It would certainly save having to try to use the ballcock as a means of filling the hose and getting the siphon going. Nothing quite so satisfying as siphoning out the crud from a cistern.

£18 for a one-way valve does seem a lot, but in the scheme of things...

I look forward to hearing how well this works.

 

[Keefy]

Hi Shaun, been away for a while sorry...

It works exactly as claimed by the manufacturer/company. I've used it a few times now and it's now a permanent part of my kit. Had to squeeze it onto a length of hose by warming the hose with boiling water which gave it a nice tight fit. No idea how much they are but they're pretty basic in design and build, almost on the side of quite cheap looking but it does the job and it does it well. I highly recommend - no more sucking the end of a dirty hose for me.

Get one, seriously.

 

[Dilalio]

In the market myself for a new hose.
Looking for something multifunctional and have taken on board the comments about the rubber drain down hose not being suitable for filling/washing down (higher pressure). So, one of the stronger anti-kink hozelocks might fit the bill? Like the idea of buying the 50m one and then cutting it down to various lengths for different purposes/ranges... A bundgy cord is always useful to keep it in a tidy coil.
The syphon sucker looks good too... Christ knows what I've ingested over the years from pulling on a hose, but prolly not much worse than the ****/bottles of plonk/solder/insulation/dust/tools held in mouth/spray from drains etc

I'm just sick to death of trying to unkink and open up the cheapo hoses my local trade counter knocks out