Split Hose

Fortunately, it is easy to repair a vacuum hose with this problem and the hose will only be a few centimeters shorter once repaired. In some cases, you wont need any new parts to complete the repair, but if you do they are readily available and much cheaper than a new hose.

Firstly, cut the damaged piece of hose away. The easiest way to do this is to cut straight through the split to remove the handle from the end of the hose.

Next, you need to remove the small piece of hose that is remaining in the handle. To do this you need to depress the tab that makes the locking ring grip onto the handle and secure the hose.  The hose should now come out of the handle, with a hose hull (plastic thing) attached.

Unfortunately, sometimes the hose hull is glued onto the hose, making it unuseable.  If this is the case, the part can be found in our  Hose Spares & Accessories category.

To reassemble the hose, simply screw off the hull, then place the locking ring over the hose, thread on your hull (which is a reverse thread), place your handle back over the hull and clip it together. 

That's it, your repair is complete. Simple!! 

The not so good news, is that this repair won't work on a ducted vacuum switch hose, which has a power switch on the handle.  If you have this kind of hose, you will need to buy a new one.  You can see our range of ducted vacuum switch hoses, to suit all makes and models of ducted vacuum here.