Mounting A Hose Reel On Vinyl Siding

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Mounting a hose reel on vinyl siding.

Get a good one as the cheap ones are frustrating to use and a waste of money. Trying to place the screw through that middle rib can be awkward. I have a concrete block house so i planted two 4 ft. Works great doesn t damage the house.

The easiest and safest way to hang something from vinyl siding is to use a siding hook. Pull out of the sheathing and then you have holes left in the siding. It slips into the groove between adjoining slats and once it clicks into place you can hang items as heavy as 12 pounds. 4x4 posts 2ft deep spaced slightly wider than the width of the hose reel.

If the house has vinyl wood or aluminum siding center the screw holes over the thinner upper portion of the horizontal rows of siding because. Get a hose reel that sits on the ground. I then attached a 2x10 piece of lumber to the posts drilled holes to mount the reel painted it all and mounted the reel. Vinyl siding is easy to penetrate but there are places you want to avoid within the profile of the siding.

Go and buy 4 x saddle clips that will clamp onto the hose reel and also some butterfly bolts. Most hooks are stainless steel so they won t corrode and they are easy to remove when you re done with them.