We are registered Essential Service Providers. Eugene: +27 or Charl: +27. Emergency Contact number during Lockdown. Hose Pipe fittings - Aubert Pipe Systems. The name to remember is Plumbing Sales - Australia’s. Stock up today and get free shipping on domestic orders over 200.I wish now he'd been upfront and advised that all the plumbing really needed changing. Basically though, he re-used most of the original hosing and attached fittings (all clamped), replacing only the return line - and that was only because the original hose wasn't long enough to meet the new municipal regulations requiring the filter to be minimum 1.5m from the pool wall (apparently to avoid kids climbing into the pool off the filter). Fortunately I managed to find someone (ex pool company contractor) to install it, as none of pool stores would touch anything second-hand.
![]() Pvc Pipe To Hose Fittings Free Shipping OnPvc Pipe To Hose Fittings Pro Can DoThe replaced return line is Eaton Arrow Flo H9 Type 9P - translucent with dark-ribbing. Maybe a pro can do it fast.The other lines (4-way valve to pump and pump to filter) are 1 1/2" TigerFlex CMH-41M, which I cant find listed as such, but it appears to have been originally translucent with white ribbing. I can imagine the havoc in attempting to disconnect the old and connect new hose to the buried elbow joint with pool water pouring out. I cant be sure about the main drain plumbing under the pool (I seem to recall solid PVC pipe when it was lying the garage), but TigerFlex F42MCR 1-1/2" hose (the normally opaque/beige ribbed hose - or is it flexi-pipe - some refer to it as 'spa hose') was used for the external part of that line to the under-skimmer 4-way valve. I'll maybe see how I get on with the hair-dryer/hot water trick.I guess I could resort to using the more expensive TigerFlex F42MCR (or equivalent) throughout. Clearly the pro who installed it was more adept at getting 1-1/2 hose over 1 5/8" barbs. Effective 1-5/8") connects with single clamps were used throughout and I can see no evidence of anything having been glued. Explains why all the original plumbing and changed return line were barb-clamped. For the TigerFlex F42MCR 1-1/2" ('spa hose') use 1-1/2" (1-5/8") barbed fittings as the smooth-tail 1-1/2" fittings are too loose.Edit: Aaaaagrh.after checking the hose I have in the store with the available fittings, turns out that both the TigerFlex CMH-41M and Arrow Flo H9 Type 9P hose are (although translucent) effectively the same as the (beige) TigerFlex F42MCR hose, in that smooth-tail fittings are too loose. What type of fittings? Use smooth tail unions usually for that type of 'pool hose'. Phoned a local pool store and they said, nah, clamps are OK. I don't even think the local pool store has solvent-weld versions of the quick-connect and stop-valve unions that I want to put in.Edit: Just found a link for the Arrow-Flo hose:Says also to use with glue. Korg supportThe chances of finding more of the same seem remote. - it even started to split (between the ribs) when I flexed it in the store.The TigerFlex CMH-41M hose that I am looking to replace definitely feels more robust, albeit a little less flexible, but not as stiff as the 'spa hose'. The fact that this hose is more flexible than the 'spa hose' has some appeal, but I am a bit concerned, in the absence of specifications, about the quality. One store offers it in 1-1/2" ID (for smooth-tail fittings) and 1-5/8" ID (for barbed tail fittings) sizes I was previously lead to believe that only the 1-1/2" ID size was available. Boy, you really need to be careful when choosing this stuff.TigerFlex F42MCR 1-1/2" (or equivalent) - more expensive, less flexible - clamped/barbed fittings or glued (fittings/unions/valves?)'Standard' 1-1/2" pool hose - cheaper, more flexible - clamped/smooth-tail fitting connections - but are they as secure ?I know this thread has been a bit of a meander, but quite honestly I've been a bit mislead by pool stores in my locale.Firstly, none of them supply genuine TigerFlex brand hose (anymore).The 'spa hose' they supply (as equivalent to TigerFlex F42MCR) is made by SuperFlex:The standard 'pool hose' they offer (transparent with white ribbing) has no markings on it to indicate the brand/specifications and no-one can tell me who the manufacturer is. ![]()
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