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So you bought yourself a beautiful new garden hose and are tired of rolling it up on the ground. You can buy a variety of hose reels and hangars to neatly store it and have it ready to use quickly. You can buy moveable hose reels that you can wheel around from the front of your house to the back, or you can affix a hose reel to the side of your house.
For the portable style, it's a matter of screwing on the garden hose to the hose reel, and then securing the hose reel's leader hose to the hose faucet on your house. Then you are ready to start spraying water. You shouldn't need a handyman for this style of hose reel.
For the style you secure to the side of your house, you will need to drill some holes in the house. If you have wood siding, you might get lucky and hit a stud and for this you can use large wood screws. If you have brick or stucco, you should hold the hose reel (or a template) up to the house and mark the locations for the holes. Use a masonry bit and drill the holes. Use the proper anchors in the wall, hold the hose reel up to the wall, matching the hole pattern you drilled. Then install the fasteners to permanently mount the hose reel to the wall.
It's a good idea to mount the hose reel close to the hose faucet so you can attach the hose to the faucet and have the hose always ready for quick use.
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