"Hugh Newbury" wrote in message ...

I've tried a new (to me) way of hanging a hose on a hook, so that it's
not twisted/snagged when it's unwound for use. I call it "Loops".

1. Run the hose out preferably on a long stretch of garden, so that all
the kinks etc can be removed.

2. Take the nozzle-end back to the tap-end and hang it over the hook.

3. You'll see you've made your first loop. Bring the loop up to the hook
and hang it there.

4. Now you have 2 new loops, so bring them up and hang them together on
the hook.

5. Now bring the 4 new loops and hang them together on the hook, and the
job's done.

When you want to use the hose again, lift all the loops together off the
hook, take the nozzle and drag as much hose away as you need to spray
whatever you need to.

It never seems to tangle/kink/snag.

Perhaps everyone here does this anyway!

HTH

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

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We have a Hozelock reel on the back of the house near the tap and under the
veranda with a very long hose on it which reaches right down the garden to
the road at the back where the garage is, HOWEVER, winding all of that in is
a long job because of its weight and drag, SO, we use your 'loop' method to
bring it up nearer the reel when we start to reel in.

At the Theatre we now have a very long hose to water all of the flower
plants which have been provided, complete with troughs, by a local
nursery/garden centre. This hose can just lay out on the flat roof of the
foyer because nobody can see it :-)

Mike



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