Tidying Up the Hose Reels
A really short, easy one today
I Like to Be Able to Neatly Stow Garden Hoses
Unfortunately even commercially bought reels are sometimes not big enough as I have over an acre of garden and 4 hoses.
I bought these hose hooks, but after a year or so they were rusting and looking a bit tatty.
We can do better than that!!
Having Access to Scrap Metal Bar Is Handy!
I work at an engineering school, and thus lots of "projects" are carried out then scrapped.
This gives me a constant source of raw material
I found a few pieces of steel bar and bent them to the required shape (I used a bending machine, but they can be bent using a vice, hammer, brute forse and ignorance (and I have plenty of the latter!!)), plus "bopped" a couple of holes in with the hydraulic press (you can drill but this is soooo much quicker (and louder!!))
Painted Them With Some "smoothrite"
An outdoor paint and primer in one
Attached to Wall
Bolted in position with some roofing screws rescued from a skip (holes in wall are wallplugged)
And Hang the Hose
Total cost nothing, nada, not a sausage, bugger all!
Result as far as I am concerned!!