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![]() Hey all...after getting back from Princess Auto, with black Anti-Kink hose, then realizing that it's similar but still the wrong stuff I'm going to order all my parts online and get what I need.
Does anyone know of any Canadian company selling black flexible PVC, TigerFlex, Spa Flex or whatever you want to call it? I would like to find one with a decent selection of fittings too. I'm willing to paint the fittings black, but want the hose to come that way. Thanks in advance! :-) |
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![]() I have seen it at garden stores (for pond applications) and at hot tub retailers.
Last edited by gobytron; 07-15-2010 at 02:00 PM. |
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![]() They have the Flex PVC? I've been to every Rona and Home Depot in the city with no luck.
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![]() A lot of the local stuff I found was the really ribbed stuff on the outside. I don't think that works for us. The black flex I bought was from flexpvc.com and they allow orders by the foot.
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![]() The ribbed stuff seems to be for barbed fittings for ponds. It fits nicely in slip fittings, but I don't know if there would be enough surface contact. I'm going to take it back, and buy white tigerflex hose and paint it with black spray paint. I think that should be fine to do that.
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![]() Yeah I considered the risk to be too great. Not enough contact like you said. I'd just paint pipe nowadays too. I spent an arm and a leg for sch 80 and black flex and these days I'd rather spend on the components that will increase performance/health.
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![]() Mine is 1" ribbed and coupled together with PVC and a clamp for added insurance. The fish store I go to uses this on all their tanks with no problem. But like I said earlier, you really need to muscle the 2 pieces together. Looks and works great though.
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![]() The stuff you have I'm pretty sure is a lot more 'bendy' than the slip fit. I had to heat mine up in really hot water to work with it.
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![]() I bought my spaflex at a hot tub store, some of them only carry white but could probably order black for ya
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