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Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
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 -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
"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 -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org ================================================== =========== 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 .................................................. |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
"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 -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org ================================================== == Flowers at the Theatre http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Album-TL6I6...-of-Other.html Mike .................................................. |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
On 16/07/14 08:53, 'Mike' wrote:
"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 Sounds interesting. What about the figure-8 way that long TV camera cables are collected up? Long established method to avoid twisting the cables. Wonder how well it would work with hose... http://nofilmschool.com/2012/07/begi...fessional-way/ |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:37:26 +0100, Hugh Newbury wrote:
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. And even better if that can be down hill so the residual water can drain out (stop connectors having a coupler put in to open them...). 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. I don't follow that at all, sorry. Doesn't hanginga hose on a hook strees it at the point of contact. Old car wheel attached to wall will provide btter support. Day job involves handling cables up to 50 m in length and anything from 1/4" dia and flexible to 3/4" dia and not very flexible. The big stuff it either wound onto and pulled off drums, no twists introduced. If not on a drum it will be laid on the ground in a "figure of 8" pattern. Each loop end of the eight puts in a twist BUT in opposite directions so when you pick up the top of the heap end and walk away it just pulls off the heap, the twists cancelling out. Small cables are hand coiled but with a technique that alternates the direction of the twist between each loop. So again they cancel out when you walk away from the coil lying on the ground with an end. Various YouTube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqbYyaUY5Sk - Clear demo of twist free hand coiling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLwwB29uQRg - How not to's and the other hand position http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaEv9wm6gy0 - Alternative "ladder" type Be aware that if you take an end through the loops of coil, you can end up with a series of knots. Don't panic they are all tied in the same direction so just take and end and follow the cable back through all the knots and pull, they'll all come undone, no need to do each one individually. -- Cheers Dave. |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:34:01 +0100, 'Mike' wrote:
Hugh -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org ================================================== == Flowers at the Theatre http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Album-TL6I6...-of-Other.html Mike It would appear that Windows Live Mail is broken and doesn't understand sig separators. Why does that not surprise me? |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
In article ,
Derek Turner wrote: It would appear that Windows Live Mail is broken and doesn't understand sig separators. Why does that not surprise me? Wonders will never cease! I am going to say a good word for Microsoft, and even its poxious mailer :-) No, it's not broken, that so-called signature separator mechanism is. It always was a stupid idea, perpetrated by a few ignorant fanatics, sneaked into an RFC on other matters, and has never worked. If it had used a less cretinous set of characters, it might have been accepted by the mailer communities but, as it is, it never has been. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
On 16/07/14 09:47, Tim Watts wrote:
.... Sounds interesting. What about the figure-8 way that long TV camera cables are collected up? Long established method to avoid twisting the cables. Wonder how well it would work with hose... http://nofilmschool.com/2012/07/begi...fessional-way/ I think I tried that and found it too difficult to get right. Hugh -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
On 16/07/14 09:51, Dave Liquorice wrote:
.... I don't follow that at all, sorry. Doesn't hanginga hose on a hook strees it at the point of contact. Old car wheel attached to wall will provide btter support. Actually I have a double hook arrangement so that the hose is supported on a length, not a single hook's worth. Hugh -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
On 16/07/14 10:35, Derek Turner wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:34:01 +0100, 'Mike' wrote: Hugh -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org ================================================== == Flowers at the Theatre http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Album-TL6I6...-of-Other.html Mike It would appear that Windows Live Mail is broken and doesn't understand sig separators. Why does that not surprise me? ? Because it's Window$ that's broken? Hugh -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
On 16/07/14 10:46, Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , Derek Turner wrote: It would appear that Windows Live Mail is broken and doesn't understand sig separators. Why does that not surprise me? Wonders will never cease! I am going to say a good word for Microsoft, and even its poxious mailer :-) No, it's not broken, that so-called signature separator mechanism is. It always was a stupid idea, perpetrated by a few ignorant fanatics, sneaked into an RFC on other matters, and has never worked. If it had used a less cretinous set of characters, it might have been accepted by the mailer communities but, as it is, it never has been. Regards, Nick Maclaren. You could always use Linux. Hugh -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:10:08 +0100, Hugh Newbury
wrote: On 16/07/14 10:35, Derek Turner wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:34:01 +0100, 'Mike' wrote: Hugh -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org ================================================== == Flowers at the Theatre http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Album-TL6I6...-of-Other.html Mike It would appear that Windows Live Mail is broken and doesn't understand sig separators. Why does that not surprise me? ? Because it's Window$ that's broken? Hugh No it's Live Mail that is rubbish. Windows works fine for me using Agent. It's worked for a few decades so I'm not changing now. Steve -- Neural Network Software http://www.npsnn.com EasyNN-plus More than just a neural network http://www.easynn.com SwingNN Prediction software http://www.swingnn.com JustNN Just a neural network http://www.justnn.com |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:03:24 +0100, Hugh Newbury wrote:
I think I tried that and found it too difficult to get right. It does take practice but once learnt is well worth that litle bit of effort. I use that methd to hand coil a 10 to 15 m hose, the longer one (30 m 50 m?) is kept in a figure of eight. Figure of eights are easy to move drag from one end, or stick an arm through each hole to carry. -- Cheers Dave. |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
In article ,
Hugh Newbury wrote: It would appear that Windows Live Mail is broken and doesn't understand sig separators. Why does that not surprise me? Wonders will never cease! I am going to say a good word for Microsoft, and even its poxious mailer :-) No, it's not broken, that so-called signature separator mechanism is. It always was a stupid idea, perpetrated by a few ignorant fanatics, sneaked into an RFC on other matters, and has never worked. If it had used a less cretinous set of characters, it might have been accepted by the mailer communities but, as it is, it never has been. You could always use Linux. Eh? I do, of course. But the purpose of Email always has been to communicate with OTHER people, and has been a cross-system facility since the early 1970s (well before SMTP). Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Loops: way of hanging hosepipe
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:53:30 +0100, "'Mike'"
wrote: 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 Typical ,somebody donates something and the item is then ill treated. Lying on the flat roof it will have it's life shortened by the heat of the Sun and the Ultra violet degrading the material. But it was free so who cares. And presumably this flat roof needs to drain rainfall freely ,a lying hose will form a nice little dam that will cause pooling and ultimately leaks through the roof . Then the begging bowl will be rattled again or money demanded from the council. G.Harman |
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