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kcmets Dec 21 2021 07:59 PM

Got a little leaky flexible hose under the kitchen sink. Call a plumber for $160/hour or do some Flex Tape first for a or week or two?

Edgy MD Dec 21 2021 08:22 PM Re: The Flex Seal/Tape/Paste/Glue/Other Thread

Perhaps ask the Internet how to fix? I feel like, if I can turn off the master valve in a house, I can fuck around with anything, and if I can't get the job done, leave that master valve off and call in the big boys. But if you know enough not to electrocute yourself or scald yourself with something caustic, I find most household repairs can be explained to me by some shmoe with a YouTube channel. The trick is getting my wife out of the house, because it'll generally take a little trial-and-error to get it right. And maybe three separate trips to the hardware store. Is that plumbing $$ saved worth a weekend full o' headaches? If I do call in the plumbers, and the guys want to give me shit about my failures, I can just lie and say that the half-assed work was done by my brother, and he's disappeared.

kcmets Dec 21 2021 08:26 PM Re: The Flex Seal/Tape/Paste/Glue/Other Thread

It's just a small leak in a flexible hose. Maybe I over threaded it.

Ceetar Dec 21 2021 10:36 PM Re: The Flex Seal/Tape/Paste/Glue/Other Thread

this is how it starts. I think you have to move.

seawolf17 Dec 22 2021 08:04 AM Re: The Flex Seal/Tape/Paste/Glue/Other Thread

Plumbing is the one house thing that I will not fuck with. I can do electrical work, I could hammer and spackle and whatnot -- but I do not touch plumbing, because I *will* eff it up.

whippoorwill Dec 22 2021 09:48 AM Re: The Flex Seal/Tape/Paste/Glue/Other Thread

Scotch tape seems hard to find this year and it's expensive

RealityChuck Dec 22 2021 08:19 PM Re: The Flex Seal/Tape/Paste/Glue/Other Thread

If it's the hose feeding to the faucet, you can pick up a replacement at any hardware store. I've replaced all the ones in my house over the years.

Edgy MD Dec 22 2021 08:27 PM Re: The Flex Seal/Tape/Paste/Glue/Other Thread

That's what I was thinking, but I didn't want to misguide him and break his house.

kcmets Dec 23 2021 06:00 AM Re: The Flex Seal/Tape/Paste/Glue/Other Thread

My plumber friend, who unfortunately lives on The Cape, told me to just remove it and bring it to the supply store and snap a new one in. I said, "Yeah, and if I fuck that up and we have no kitchen faucet over Christmas weekend KB will kill me in my sleep." We laughed and laughed... gonna get some Flex Tape this afternoon and deal with it in January.

MFS62 Dec 23 2021 07:43 AM Re: The Flex Seal/Tape/Paste/Glue/Other Thread

My plumber friend, who unfortunately lives on The Cape, told me to just remove it and bring it to the supply store and snap a new one in. I said, "Yeah, and if I fuck that up and we have no kitchen faucet over Christmas weekend KB will kill me in my sleep." We laughed and laughed... gonna get some Flex Tape this afternoon and deal with it in January. If the leak is right where the hose meets the metal, it might not work well. It has happened to me on several garden hoses - no major gush after putting tape on, but still a drip, drip, drip. Trust me on this one. But if the leak is on the hose itself, that tape sounds like a good temporary fix. Later