# Want to extent a 'tire' valve 3 ft - how? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 10, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-extent-a-tire-valve-3-ft-how/673599 "2013-11-10T21:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-extent-a-tire-valve-3-ft-how/673599/1 "2013-11-10T21:43:17Z")
There is a standard ‘car tire’ valve on a pressure tank that is used for a water pressure from a well (pressure tank). The tank really needs to be replaced, but it is in a bad spot and $$$ , so I added some air to the tank which works very good for a while. The air eventually ?dissolves? (goes away) and I have to do it again. Problem is the tank is in a very hard to get to place. I would like to add maybe a 3 ft flexible extension to this valve. Do they have anything like this that I can just screw on to the standard valve to extend it? ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-extent-a-tire-valve-3-ft-how/673599/2 "2013-11-10T21:57:19Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > There is a standard ‘car tire’ valve on a pressure tank that is used for a water pressure from a well (pressure tank). I would like to add maybe a 3 ft flexible extension to this valve. Do they have anything like this that I can just screw on to the standard valve to extend it? 4x4 shops will know exactly what you want. eg " CHECKMATE™ Move your spare tyre inflator point to an easily accessible area with 1000mm CHECKMATE™ . No more crawling under the vehicles, no more unloading the boot to check your spare tyre pressure. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-extent-a-tire-valve-3-ft-how/673599/3 "2013-11-10T21:58:59Z")
That valve fills a bladder which has broken so the air is just dissolving in the water. You need to open the tank and repair the bladder. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-extent-a-tire-valve-3-ft-how/673599/4 "2013-11-10T22:36:22Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > That valve fills a bladder which has broken so the air is just dissolving in the water. You need to open the tank and repair the bladder. I know this part, but the tank - no let me rephrase, it appears the house, was build around the tank, as it is very inaccessible and I need to buy some time on it. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-extent-a-tire-valve-3-ft-how/673599/5 "2013-11-10T22:58:15Z")
You can keep pumping air into the system but you can also just leave that tank where it is and add another pressure tank installed somewhere more convenient. ---
**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-extent-a-tire-valve-3-ft-how/673599/6 "2013-11-11T14:24:22Z")
You could go to a plumbing supply house and buy an extension for an inflatable test ball. Or maybe two in order to make one three feet long. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-extent-a-tire-valve-3-ft-how/673599/7 "2013-11-11T19:20:25Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > There is a standard ‘car tire’ valve… It’s called a [Schrader valve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrader_valve). ETA: What you want is a [Schrader valve extension hose](https://encrypted.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=schrader%20valve&tbs=imgo:1#q=schrader+valve+extension+hose&tbm=isch&tbs=imgo:1). ---
**Author:** ![48Willys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/db5fbb/32.png) [@48Willys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/48Willys)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-extent-a-tire-valve-3-ft-how/673599/8 "2013-11-12T06:35:47Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > You can keep pumping air into the system but you can also just leave that tank where it is and add another pressure tank installed somewhere more convenient. This, a new one is $80.00 around here. It is a very easy DIY project. IHTH, 48. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-extent-a-tire-valve-3-ft-how/673599/9 "2013-11-12T20:18:46Z")
> [@48Willys](#): > > This, a new one is $80.00 around here. It is a very easy DIY project. > > IHTH, 48. I understand this, though it is more like 150 for the tank I need, also the installation would either need to be 1: in the place it is which is inaccessible 2: in a place that needs to be protected from freezing (so more to do that) or 3 in living space which the sound may be undesirable and the space it takes up also is not the best thing, though it could be done that way.