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Plumbing Hose Clamps Have Many Uses

  
  
  

hoseclampFor every plumbing job there is a hose clamp waiting to help. Hose clamps are wonderful tools. If you look under your kitchen sink you are sure to see several of them.

If you have a dishwasher, the drain line will go up to an air gap device. This hose is connected to the air gap with a hose clamp. The outflow of the air gap device is connected to a discharge hose with another hose clamp. This hose drains into the garbage disposal and is held in place with yet another hose clamp.

Hose clamps come in a variety of sizes and have a variety of uses. They look like a metal band with slots in it, all connected to a screw mechanism. The clamp is round and the screw mechanism allows you to tighten it around the hose to be clamped.

To install one, you need to loosely slip it over the hose, place the hose onto the nipple of whatever fixture it is being installed into, slide the hose clamp up to the point where the hose wraps around the nipple and tighten the clamp.

Hose clamps will help on many plumbing repairs, from under the kitchen sink, to making plumbing connections to a swamp cooler.

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