Exhaust HOSE (not elbow) Falmouth area?

[KevO]

Ok so it's from the new elbow to the water trap ...

I need a piece of exhaust hose about a foot long. So far I've only been offered 2m of it for £85 from Mill Autos at Penryn. Any other suggestions in the local Falmouth area?

 

[jwilson]

Try Seaware in Penryn though you'll probably have to buy a metre. 01326 377998.

 

[sailorman]

A marine engineer might have an off-cut

what dia are you looking for i have a bit of vetus hose in the shed somewhere

 

[Sans Bateau]

Whilst your doing that work its worth checking the condition of the hose from the water trap to the hull fitting. I was doing similar work to that you describe several years ago and by chance found the hose was brittle and crumbling, I found out when running the engine I was filling the boat up with water.

Best place for hose would be A.S.A.P supplies.

 

[FWB]

Try Armarda.
http://www.armadamh.co.uk
They have loads of hoses all sizes.

 

[Appledore]

Hi Kev,

Have you tried Cellar Marine? :

http://www.cornwallmarine.net/compo...ngineers-168/cellar-marine-ltd-581/index.html

 

[NPMR]

KevO,

You could try Falmouth Yacht Brokers engine man, (Devon? by name??) as he has stuff in his workshop. We got a 2' length of some piping for my mates boat last year. Commercial Road, Penryn.

 

[Georgio]

I bought a discounted offcut from asap a few weeks back, worth checking their site.

 

[KevO]

Thanks for all the advice guys. Got sorted at Armada. The main drama was fitting the new elbow and piping while hanging upside down through a cockpit floor hatch in my Hustler!!! WAFJ that was!!!

And... Having got the old elbow off it looks perfectly sound and nowhere near as knackered as I feared it might be. I will clean it up and check it all over thoroughly but I think it'll certainly NOT be going in the skip any time soon.

 

[G12]

Try Armarda.
http://www.armadamh.co.uk
They have loads of hoses all sizes.

+1, Sod Mill Auto!


Must read all of post, see you're sorted.

 

[fisherman]

Don't diss Mill too much, they are only motor factors after all, but I have fitted a S/S exhaust bellows from them, £45, so far it has lasted much longer than the £125 Mermaid item.