Avoid Rot Mount Hose Reel To Wood Siding

At least not the ones worth having.

Avoid rot mount hose reel to wood siding.

Posted by cosmicbandito at 10 37 am on may 9 2017 2 favorites. Enter the wall mounted garden. Then when the wood siding is installed keep it properly sealed and protected. And to protect it from the heat of the sun which will destroy a garden hose mercilessly and keep it from getting damaged by lawn mowers and dogs perhaps putting it away is a good plan.

Retractable air hose reel with 3 8 in. Cost of wood siding per square foot installed. Easy instructions on replacing your rotten siding. Strongway parallel or perpendicular wall mount garden hose reel holds 5 8in.

Most local contractors will allow a shipment of wood to acclimate to your region before installation. Caulk the existing holes and mount the new hose reel. Causes of rotten wood. I have a concrete block house so i planted two 4 ft.

It s not that big a deal. 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. 4x4 posts 2ft deep spaced slightly wider than the width of the hose reel. Understanding wood rot is the first step towards fighting it so take a minute to think about what causes wood to rot.

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. This renders the siding vulnerable to moisture and voids the warranty even if you seal the hole. When you purchase wood siding expect to spend 5 to.

Garden hoses aren t cheap. Liberty garden 712 single arm navigator multi directional garden hose reel holds 125 feet of 5 8 inch bronze. Works great doesn t damage the house. Use galvanized or other weather resistant screws though so you don t get rust stains on the siding.

It is actually fairly simple lingering moisture in wood creates an environment conducive to fungi growth which in turn causes the wood s fibers to deteriorate. Find wall mount garden hose reel metal. The wall plate of a perpendicular configured reel must remain horizontal. The mounting holes will be 7 5 16 apart left to right and 16 on center top to bottom.

Hold the hose reel against the side of 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.