I recently bought a new garden hose to replace the leaky kinked one we've been wrestling with for some time.
It was quite expensive but claimed to have superior qualities. Worried I might be wasteful if I didn't look after it properly, I decided to do something about the annoying way the hose pipe snagged on the corner of the house when it was wound and unwound on its wall mounted spool.
This problem not only tends to damage the pipe but makes handling tedious and tough.
I had imagined fixing up some kind of roller on the brick corner of the house, but when I surveyed the materials I had to hand I found a simpler low tech solution.
The main part is a some scrap 32mm plastic waste pipe. I had several pieces - stashed away just because they might come in handy for something. I chose the grey one.
I cut it down to about 5 inches and then made a lengthways cut so the piece could be opened up. Opening it requires some force as it naturally wants to resume its natural cylindrical shape.
However that resistance to opening is used to hold the piece in place.
I drilled 4 holes in the brick 2 on each side of the corner, and fitted plated screws leaving them to protrude half an inch to provide a niche for the plastic pipe to clip on to.
As far as functional performance is concerned my work is done, the pipe glides round the corner with ease. I will look at tidying the appearance, after I've confirmed longer term stability of the solution and that no adjustments are required.
