The catalog of our website contains a variety of accessories that allow you to simply and securely connect or connect hoses: adapters, clamps, connectors. Accessories are available that not only allow you to connect hoses to each other, but also connect them to a pipeline or pump.
Connect hoses
If you need hose accessories, you've come to the right place. In the company "Santekhkomplekt", operating in the market of plumbing and engineering equipment for 20 years, you can collect the maximum full set goods, including the smallest, but necessary for the work of the product. We offer only high-quality products made from durable and wear-resistant materials.
Connect the blue hose of the machine to a cold power source and the red hose to a hot one. Step 1 To ensure a good seal is established between the plug connector and the pipe, clean the pipe area with steel wool and remove any paint. Step 2 Make sure the rubber seal is properly seated before installing the seat in the pipe. Then place the backplate behind the tube and place the saddle on top, aligning the screw holes. Step 3 Secure the seat assembly in place around the pipe, the two halves of which are equal to the square of the pipe, by inserting the screws and fully tightening them. Step 4 Make sure the valve is in the "off" position, then screw it into the seat by hand - you will feel it cut into a pipe as you do so. Keep turning the valve until it is fully housed and its body at right angles to the pipe - this will allow you to easily turn it on and off. Step 5 Secure the valve by tightening the retaining locknut wrench or wrench to keep the valve from moving. For added strength, you can screw the back panel to the wall. . Connecting your lawn irrigation system to your home's plumbing system is one of the last stages installation.
With the help of accessories presented in the catalog of our online store, you can connect hoses of various sizes.
Detachable transition
During the construction of pipelines, it becomes necessary to ensure the connection of their elements, for example, when avoiding obstacles, turns in the route, and various pipe diameters. The fittings required to make piping assemblies are different types, they are classified according to the method of connection. There are threaded, capillary, compression, self-locking fittings. Sometimes it is necessary to make a detachable connection, for example, to connect a hose to a pump or pipeline. In this case, a fitting is used, i.e. the transition is detachable, which consists of two parts of different diameters.
The water for your lawn irrigation system has to come from somewhere, so you need to connect your system to your home's water supply. Tapping on the water supply is one part of the installation where you really need help from a professional installer or plumber. Mistakes in your water system can be expensive when you have to call in the experts to fix it.
First, turn off the house's main water supply if you don't want to have a gigantic giant mess. The kids might love it, but you won't. The following list shows three ways to connect to the water supply. 
The manifold is a group of control valves that connect the water source to the system and control the flow of water to each circuit. Following your manufacturer's instructions, secure the various pipes to the control valves on the manifold using pipe tape.
Detachable hose transition
Detachable passage under the hose, presented in our catalog, manufactured by STC, is made of brass and is designed to work with an aqueous medium at a maximum temperature of 100°C. Turning to the company "Santekhkomplekt", you will be satisfied with the price and quality of products.
Thread adapter
Threaded Brass Adapter STC ART.9710 is used to connect hoses to various types pumps and pipelines. The hose is fastened with a special thread on the outside of the adapter body. Adapters of this type are indispensable when watering the backyard or washing a car on your site with water from the pipeline.
Attach the pipes carefully - not so hard as to damage the threads and cause the pipes to leak. Once you have the entire irrigation system attached to the manifold and main water line, you head down the finish line. Install the riser, making sure that the sprinkler head is at or slightly above the soil level. If you will be planting turf, the heads should be an inch or more above ground level to account for the thickness of the turf. To do this, turn on the main water supply line, then the irrigation system and wash the pipes for a few minutes. Sprinkler heads can become clogged very easily and you want to eliminate all the dirt in the lines. Screw the sprinkler heads onto the risers, making sure they are properly aligned and pointed in the correct direction. Install a controller or timing device. If you are going to install a controller or sync device, now is the time. This electrical device should be kept in a protected area close to your power source. Well heated garage or basement. Be sure to spend electric wires to connect the controller to the manifold in a waterproof pipe. The controller must be buried to protect it from rain and freezing. If all pipes and fittings are not leaking, you can backfill the trenches. If you installed the system on an existing lawn, replace open ground seeds or sod. Otherwise, you are ready to do the final leveling and plant a new lawn.
- Cut a pipe at each riser position and install a tee.
- Several flexible or adjustable risers facilitate this connection.
This threaded adapter is designed to be used with hoses that use water with maximum temperature, which should not exceed 100°C. The maximum allowable pressure for this adapter model should be no more than 1.6 PN.
Hose connector
Hose connector STC made of hot-pressed CW617N brass without coating. It is intended for connection of polymeric hoses with pumps and pipelines with a diameter of 15, 18, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 mm at a temperature of +100°C and a pressure of 16 kgf/cm2. The STC hose connector has split body parts and pipe (inch) parallel threads. All connectors of this brand have high performance characteristics. STC accessories provide fast and reliable hose connections. In our catalog you can find other products of this brand.
What does a washing machine need?
Such a car belongs to just every household. Washing machines are now available in all price classes and sizes. However, when connected, the cheapest washing machine no different from convenient device high class. In this guide, we will show you how you can easily connect your washing machine yourself. The washing machine needs three things.
Separation of eyeliners according to purpose
The washing machine is entered by a separate washing machine connection or a completely normal faucet. Washing machines work with normal drinking water. Enough cold water. However, energy consumers can also connect the washing machine to hot water. Read more in the last chapter.
Why in the conditions suburban area can hoses be used? What are they like? How, for example, is a oozing or expanding garden hose arranged? How to choose the optimal diameter? Let's try to find answers to this list of questions.
Purposes of application
First, let's define what hoses can be used for.
In the end, washing machines are also unpretentious. You can connect your washing machine to a sink siphon or equip it with a separate drain. It is only important that access to drain pipe located near the installation site. The third possibility is to hang drain hose into the sink or tub during the washing process. In this case, however, the tank must be cleaned after each washing operation.
The mains connection must match the washing machine. It must be a waterproof nest. This can be easily recognized by the valve that protects the unused socket from penetrating moisture. If the desired installation location is too far away from the power and water connections, you can help with extensions. The inlet and outlet hose can also be extended to a certain extent. However, each port increases the risk of leaks and leaks. Therefore, before expanding, check whether a one-piece long hose is available.
- Irrigation is the most obvious use. A flexible tube is used to supply water from a stationary water supply or pump.
Useful: It is not difficult to find sprayers in stores that make watering more convenient and efficient.
The device, somewhat reminiscent of a shower head, increases the range, and at the same time prevents soil from washing out, breaking the stream of water into thin streams.Trade offers inlet hoses from 1.5 to 5 meters. Therefore, connected extensions are usually used also if they are also equipped with an aquapop. Appropriate couplings are required for expansion. They are made of brass and cost 3-5 euros apiece. Drainage hose is also offered up to 5 meters in trade. They can also be expanded. For this purpose, an intermediate piece made of plastic or brass is used, which is additionally fixed with a pipe clamp. However, for safety reasons, you should not connect more than one extension cord to the washing machine.
Obviously, the only requirement for irrigation will be resistance to internal pressure: with a partially or completely blocked sprayer, it can reach 3-4 kgf / cm2.
- Water intake from a well or natural reservoir puts forward other requirements. Since the surface pump creates a vacuum in the hose, it needs high ring stiffness - otherwise atmospheric pressure will simply crush its walls.
- pumping out drainage wells, natural reservoirs,. With drainage and fecal pumps, absolutely any hoses can be used, the diameter of which corresponds to the size of the pump nozzle: neither underpressure, nor high overpressure in this case is not created.
- Finally, garden hoses and connectors can be used to install fixed and even ... stationary water supply.
Of course, they have less mechanical strength compared to polymer or metal-plastic pipes; but the asset remains a serious advantage - the ability to dismantle the system for the winter and easily take it away in the trunk of a car or even in a backpack.
Materials and Solutions
We have formulated the objectives of the application and the requirements corresponding to them. Now let's see what the modern market has to offer us.
The supply and discharge lines have strong pressure fluctuations, which can cause them to move during each washing process. Each movement can, in turn, contribute to the separation of connections. If the power supply is to be expanded, it is important to place the power cable above the washing machine. The cable must never be behind the washing machine on the ground. If water leaks, it prevents power cable in water. However, only cable approved for wet areas should be used to extend the power connection.
Watering
Rubber garden hoses for irrigation were used by our grandparents. They are still found on sale, although they have significantly lost their positions to more modern solutions.
Why has rubber been replaced by the ubiquitous plastics?
- Over time (especially when in contact with water rich in calcium compounds), rubber loses its elasticity and becomes brittle. Hence the inevitable cracks and leaks.
- Ultraviolet radiation acts in a similar way on rubber. Storage in the open air is contraindicated for her.
- During storage, the hose becomes caked and returns to its original circular cross section only with a significant pressure of water, which not every country water supply system can provide.
Recently, hoses made of plasticized polyvinyl chloride have become much more common. A more than competitive price is combined in them with a sufficiently high strength and, most importantly, durability: even when stored outdoors, a garden watering hose will serve you for at least a decade.
In addition to the proximity of the inlet, drain and supply, the installation site must meet other criteria. Normal floor. The floor must be absolutely level. This is often a problem, especially in older laundries, as they have heavily sloping floors with a central entrance. In order to safely place the washing machine, a suitable cleanboard or separate foundation must be made. Light tendencies are corrected by leveling on the rotating feet of the washing machine.
Tiled floor A tiled floor is ideal for a washing machine. Sooner or later, every washing machine will have a small discharge of water. Then it is important to be able to absorb moisture freely and without any damage. This is not possible with parquet, laminate or carpet.
Nuance: PVC becomes brittle in severe frosts.
It is possible to store hoses in an unheated room, but it is highly undesirable to move or deploy them in cold weather.
Finally, the most practical (but also most expensive) solution is polyurethane. It is durable and wear-resistant, while its elasticity is maintained in a wide range of negative temperatures.
Types of flexible water hoses
A noisy washing machine creates unavoidable noise. This can be reduced but not completely prevented with appropriate measures. Washing machines vibrate very strongly during operation. So next to the machine should be a chest with the nearest wall. This greatly reduces body vibration. On the entire wall is visible washing machine on the wall.
Materials and Solutions
For decoupling the washing machine from the supporting walls of the house, it is also recommended to use an anti-vibration mat. It costs between 8 and 20 euros and gives the car additional protection from a terrible "campaign". As an alternative to the anti-vibration mat, the dealer also offers vibration dampers that are attached directly to the screws on the washing machine's legs. However, they have the disadvantage that they create very high, and in the case of "walking" in case of strong imbalances, can cause the entire washing machine to tilt.
Where high strength against internal pressure is required, wall reinforcement is used.
What and how can it be done?
- Reinforced garden hose made of rubber is reinforced with nylon thread, which is glued between two layers of sheath.
- Nylon and polyester are also used to reinforce PVC and polyurethane; however, in this case, the reinforcing thread is not glued, but melted into the thermoplastic.
- In cases where particularly high tensile strength is required, the hose can be reinforced with steel wire copper-plated for greater corrosion resistance. However, in dacha conditions, the corresponding solutions are practically not used: they are more in demand in the mining industry, in particular, for pumping the pulp of mined rocks.
water intake
What hose is used for water intake? As a rule - rubber reinforced with nylon; ring rigidity is ensured by high wall thickness (from 3 to 4 millimeters). A little less often - corrugated PVC: corrugation also prevents the hose from collapsing when rarefied.
Check the drum and loosen the safety vehicle
The location of the washing machine must be frost-resistant. washing machine with freezer are usually irreparably damaged. If the washing machine is already at the installation site, the transport must be protected. The transport safety device is designed so that the drum of the washing machine is not suspended during transport. The drum is mounted on four strong steel springs. The breakpoints on the drum and body are relatively large. If the washing machine is lying down or tilted, you can quickly hang out one or more springs.
Along with hoses for water intake are often used polyethylene pipes: they have much less flexibility, but their rigidity is noticeably higher.
Material - corrugated PVC.
Drainage
Since overpressure during pumping rarely exceeds 0.5 kgf / cm (which corresponds to a head of five meters), there are no specific requirements for hoses. Any materials are used; reinforcement will not be a hindrance or an advantage.
Hanging washing drum can be seen hanging obliquely or produce a grinding sound during manual turning. If the drum has been moved without a guard and suspended, it must be reinserted before installing the washing machine. Re-insert the drum by loosening the two screws on the back of the washing machine. The drum is again attached to the springs. It is also necessary to ensure correct location engine belt against the flywheel. It's very easy with a hanging drum.
The design of transport protection may vary depending on the type. As decided in the guide. If the user manual is no longer available, it can be downloaded from the manufacturer on the Internet. The transport safety device is released, the drum rotates perfectly, the washing machine is on the anti-vibration mat, the supply and drain hose is ready - now it can go.
Stationary systems
What products can be used when installing a stationary irrigation system with your own hands? The instruction, in general, is quite obvious: our choice is polyurethane and PVC hoses with synthetic thread reinforcement.
3-4 atmospheres of overpressure for them are the standard mode; they differ from wire-reinforced products in much greater compatibility with fittings. A variety of couplings and adapters for garden hoses are simply not designed for a rigid reinforcing frame.
Installation
How to connect a hose to a thread, a pump nozzle or another piece of the same hose? Is it difficult to branch an impromptu water supply? IN general case plastic connectors are used, strongly resembling fittings for connecting metal-plastic pipes.
Connector installation.
Along with connectors, ordinary fittings are often used - made of unplasticized polyvinyl chloride and brass. The hose is pulled over them with some effort and, if necessary, crimped with an aluminum clamp or knitting wire.
Useful: if you first rub the fitting with soap, it will be much easier to make the connection.
Since connectors perform the same functions as fittings in a water supply system, you can find products with the same functionality on sale:
- Tees and crosses;
- Adapters for pipe threads for connection with sprayers and steel plumbing;
- Adapters of diameter, allowing to splice hoses of different sections.
Dimensions
How to choose a hose diameter? What is it measured in? What does the species name "garden hose 3:4 50 m" mean, for example?
Deciding on the size is quite simple: just evaluate the performance you need.
| Inner diameter, mm | Water consumption, m3/hour |
| 15 | 1,1 |
| 20 | 2 |
| 25 | 3,1 |
| 32 | 4,2 |
When using sprayers and sprinklers, the need for water is reduced by 2.5 - 4 times. In addition, do not forget about the hydraulic resistance of a long water supply: with a length of more than 20 meters, it is better to purchase a hose one step thicker.
As a rule, the dimensions of domestic products are indicated in millimeters. However, along with them, you can find markings in which the diameter is indicated in English inches. At the same time, the conversion system is somewhat more complicated than simply multiplying inches by 25.4 (an English inch is 25.4 mm).
Thus, the designation "3:4 50 m" tells us that we have a hose with a diameter of 20 millimeters and a length of 50 meters.
Non-standard solutions
A couple of garden hose designs deserve special mention.
Oozing
This is the name of the hose with the smallest perforation. Under pressure, it acts as a sprayer, evenly moistening the bed along which it is laid.
lengthening
Extendable, or increasing, or stretchable hose can be found in two versions.
The first is a polyurethane spiral. The tension causes it to fully or partially straighten out, resulting in an elongation of 8-15 times, depending on the diameter.
In the photo - this is exactly the solution.
The second option is a flexible polyurethane inner shell, the elongation and expansion of which is limited by a nylon cover. It also protects the polyurethane from accidental damage. In this case, the elongation is noticeably less - approximately three times; but the product has a minimum specific gravity (less than a kilogram per 20 meters).
Conclusion
We hope that our material will help the reader to choose the best garden hose for his purposes - 1 inch or any other. As always, you can find additional thematic information in the video in this article. Good luck!
