Water Hose

[xabo]

What size water hose do you use......3/4" or 5/8" and why?

[Chewy]

I have both, but I use a 5/8's on the car.  No reason...  Just do!  

 

Check out Adams' hoses.  

[xabo]

Do you find that you get more pressure/flow with the 5/8?

[Chewy]

I honestly have never noticed it.  We have amazing water pressure in our house though.  3/4" should give you better flow.  

 

I think I prefer the 5/8" because it's a non kink and the 3/4 is rubber and kinks like MAAAAAAAAD!  

[Rich B.]

Either would suffice as the nozzle itself is so downsized. I have a 3/8" copper line underground to the pool area for washing the filters and that has the same pressure as my 5/8" garden hoses, maybe better. The larger 3/4" diameter might be good if your running it 200' or so as Chewy mentions....

[xabo]

It seems that when using the Fire hose type nozzle with the 5/8 hose, the stream is weak.

[Bunky]

My story:  I installed a whole house water softener and it really impacted pressure and flow.  I wash using a 1/2 faucet (meaning the feed line and faucet is 1/2-in).  My pressure is not that bad (probably 60 psi+) but the GPM is barely 3 GPM.

 

I had tried another fire hose nozzle and was disappointed but tried the Adam's nozzle was a significant improvement but I use a full flow shut off (like Adam's) and a 5/8-in hose and insure I have it fully puled out from the reel. It makes a difference although not dramatic.

 

BTW, I did try the other hose nozzle in a higher flow/pressure situation and it works better but the Adam's nozzle worked best in all situations.

 

I do plan to get the outside spigot (hose bib) upgraded to match the hose main feed (5/8-in) so that includes the feed line from to the lspigot to increase GPM. I have a 2.8 GPM pressure washer so I can tell when the feed is not keeping up with the output.

 

The good news is that I have soft water and do not need to worry as much about water spots as I did earlier but I have still have mineral content so water spots do happen if not rinse in enough. I prefer the risk of dried soap over dried water so I only rinse a few ( 2 to 4) times during a wash.

Edited June 28, 2013 by Bunky

[07RS4]

3/4 Adam's...very noticeable difference in flow between the 5/8 and 3/4.

[LFairbanks]

Me personally if you don't have a 1 inch main water line and 3/4 line feeding your hose bib, go 5/8's.  Most homes are going to be 3/4 main water line and 1/2 hose bib.

[Bunky]

Me personally if you don't have a 1 inch main water line and 3/4 line feeding your hose bib, go 5/8's.  Most homes are going to be 3/4 main water line and 1/2 hose bib.

 

From the houses I have seen, there is usually a 5/8 or 3/4-in runs and then faucets,etc  are all 1/2-in runs from the main line to the faucet, shower, etc.  In my case, the main feed ends in a T with one 1/2 run to the kitchen sink and other goes to the outside bib. The 1/2-run is at least 10 to 15 ft so plan to upgrade this so it is full size to the spigot and get the higher flow bib.  The T itself is an insertion  loss.

[DaveVY]

I use 3/4", makes a noticeable difference for the Adams Fire Hose nozzle.

 

But I have a 1" main and 3/4" pipe running to the outside faucet, and can fill a 5 gallon bucket is less than 40 seconds..

[EPHIOS]

I just bought a 5/8" Goodyear Commercial Hose (MADE IN U.S.A.). Men, this thing is super heavy and tough. You can tell that it's made really good.