Should I use a hose clamp on the furnace drainage pipe

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I have a drainage pipe coming from my furnace that a hose regularly connects to and drains to somewhere down into the floor. The hose unfortunately isn't in a great location and if people aren't being careful then it can be knocked off fairly easily. I was wondering if I took a hose clamp would help at all. My concern right now is that it could maybe damage the plastic, maybe PVC pipe coming out of the furnace.

Does anyone know of the proper way to get a better connection between the pipe and the hose.

The link for the picture of the pipe is below. The pipe has a red circle around the end of it.

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Best Answer

It is proper to put a hose clamp on a connection like that as often the barbs aren't sufficient especially after it's come off a few times. If you're worried about damaging the fitting from the furnace just add another fitting after it and secure it the the furnace or floor, etc. Then your standalone fitting will be the one that gets damaged if somebody kicks it hard.