If you need more width to the post just get a 4x8 or nail a cross piece of 2x6 to it before you hang the reel.
Attach hose reel to vinyl siding.
Works great doesn t damage the house.
I then attached a 2x10 piece of lumber to the posts drilled holes to mount the reel painted it all and mounted the reel.
Measure over from the faucet to a location on the side of the house where you want to mount the hose.
Or just get a 5 or 6 ft piece of treated 4x4 or 4x6 and put it in the ground about 3 feet then attach your reel to it.
I have a concrete block house so i planted two 4 ft.
The problem is my house has vinyl siding.
There are at least three alternative ways to do it.
If you want to hang something from your vinyl siding don t even think about drilling through it to attach a hook to the sheathing.
Pre drill flag pole bracket to mounting braket this allows you the ability to pre mark the siding.
If you put a screw right through the vinyl siding it will prevent the siding from moving and therefore cause it to buckle.
Trying to place the screw through that middle rib can be awkward.
Go and buy 4 x saddle clips that will clamp onto the hose reel and also some butterfly bolts.
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Vinyl siding is easy to penetrate but there are places you want to avoid within the profile of the siding.
The screw tends to wobble a great deal until it.
Then i drilled a 1 4.
How to install a hose reel on the side of a house.
So just using wood anchors will probably cause the siding to get flattened ugly and wrong.
Measure the length of the short hose that is attached to the hose reel.
I d like to attach an automatic water hose reel to the side of my house.
This renders the siding vulnerable to moisture and voids the warranty even if you seal the hole.
Vinyl siding moves a lot when it heats and cools throughout the year.
For siding that has two sections called ship lap there is a rib running horizontally in the middle of the piece.
The saddle clips have a hole on either side and will hold the hose reef firmly against the siding of.
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