Mounting A Hose Reel On Vinyl Siding

Works great doesn t damage the house.

Mounting a hose reel on vinyl siding.

It slips into the groove between adjoining slats and once it clicks into place you can hang items as heavy as 12 pounds. 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. Get a hose reel that sits on the ground. Get a good one as the cheap ones are frustrating to use and a waste of money.

The easiest and safest way to hang something from vinyl siding is to use a siding hook. Hold the hose reel against the side of the house. Most hooks are stainless steel so they won t corrode and they are easy to remove when you re done with them. I have a concrete block house so i planted two 4 ft.

4x4 posts 2ft deep spaced slightly wider than the width of the hose reel. Trying to place the screw through that middle rib can be awkward. For siding that has two sections called ship lap there is a rib running horizontally in the middle of the piece. Vinyl siding is easy to penetrate but there are places you want to avoid within the profile of the siding.

I then attached a 2x10 piece of lumber to the posts drilled holes to mount the reel painted it all and mounted the reel. Pull out of the sheathing and then you have holes left in the siding.