Hose arrangements

A method of manufacturing a hose arrangement comprising an outer tube of flexible material and an inner tube of an elastic material for carrying fluid through the hose arrangement, wherein due to the action of the elastic inner tube, the hose arrangement has a shorter length in a contracted state in the absence of fluid pressure in the interior of the inner elastic tube and a longer length in an expanded state when fluid pressure is applied to the interior of the elastic inner tube, and the outer tube has an undulating state when the hose arrangement is in the contracted state and serves to control and contain expansion of the inner tube when the hose arrangement is in the expanded state, the method comprising:

• providing at least one sleeve portion between the elastic inner tube and the outer tube along at least part of a length of the elastic inner tube where undulation of the outer tube occurs in the contracted state for protecting the elastic inner tube from abrasion by the undulations of the outer tube.