I have a 70 pint Frigidaire dehumidifier in the basement that has a built in garden hose attachment for gravity draining. I wanted to get a condensate pump like the Little Giant and connect that to it. How is the best and easiest way of doing this? How do I connect the small garden hose lead that I have now to the the drain hole? I know I must need some kind of common adapter. Is there an adapter that converts a typical garden hose connection to the thinner plastic tubing? I figure then I can just place it into the hole? Perhaps there is a better way though using PVC? The more sealed and secure the setup the better. Thank you.

Don't know if anyone has encountered this mess, but when I unearthed my buried water main shutoff valve, which was under soil and grass and missing the metal cover, I discovered that the valve is positioned at an angle that doesn't allow for the valve wrench to seat on it. I can only guess that it was installed improperly when the house was built (in the late 50's), but have no way of knowing. The inspectors never checked the water main before I bought the place (I guess that's not part of an inspection, maybe). Since the Philly water company says that I am responsible for everything past the main line itself, it looks like I would have to foot the bill to have the valve replaced. Is there any specialty-type wrench that might be able to reach the angled valve, or any trick any of you experts know to solve this problem without a major project and huge expense? Thanks in advance for your help!