Best drain down hose - what do you use?

[Jim Goodenough]

Please advise on which hose you use to drain down with?

 

[rpm]

A yellow one?
(Real sorry but the door was wide open)

 

[Jim Goodenough]

it was meant to be RPM....

 

[Jim Goodenough]

what about the
Dickie Dyer 991866 Drain Down Hose Kit 4pc 10m 11.092
natural rubber
anybody used one? does it crack up being natural rubber

 

[SimonG]

Short length of garden hose onto a length of 15mm copper to the nearest drain.

 

[Gasmk1]

I use one of these Drain-Down Hose Kit didn't pay that much got it with points from boiler installs, nice and easy to roll up.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I use one of these Drain-Down Hose Kit didn't pay that much got it with points from boiler installs, nice and easy to roll up.

I’ll second that. Had mine so long the jubilee clip last week.

 

[Dkdc71]

The nearest one

 

[Ric2013]

I bought an expensive FITT hose from Screwfix (this one, I think: Fitt 30m Heavy Braided NTS Wintech Hose ). Very good. Almost impossible to kink but soft enough to go onto draw-off cocks.

Can't understand why you would spend the money on a non-reinforced rubber hose that explodes under mains pressure and collapses under vacuum when this works well both as a drain off and under pressure! Perhaps someone can explain?

 

[Old Account]

I use one of these Drain-Down Hose Kit didn't pay that much got it with points from boiler installs, nice and easy to roll up.

Have got the same and definitely good piece of a kit. Even though the price is quite high but worth spending when working a lot on central heating systems.