Go pull your hose!

[Mgderf]

And I don't need anyone reminding me to pull my hose either.

Needed or not, here I am...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I'll be pulling mine this weekend. And blowing out the line under the deck and out to the back yard hydrant.

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

I have midget strippers pull my hose. They do a great job and they make my hose look HUGE.

 

[***Ironhead***]

I decided to pull my hose early, since it hasn't been used in a while, and the Mrs. caught me in the act.

Wow, hopefully she didn’t say you are always early.

 

[wcd]

I'll be pulling mine this weekend. And blowing out the line under the deck and out to the back yard hydrant.

Oh yes this reminds me why we live Further South.

 

[Cynical]

You could do it yourself, or ask someone else to do it for you.
You could ask your wife to do it, or maybe a close friend.
If you ask your neighbor, you'd better explain why...
Next week the Temps are forecast to be well below freezing.
If a garden hose is left attached to the hose bib, it can freeze the spigot inside the wall and burst a pipe.
This is usually found in spring, the first time the hose is used and water starts pouring out of a wall somewhere.

Do yourself a favor and maybe even save yourself some money.
Go pull your hose!

PSA over

Omg, I’ve told my 28 yr old daughter that for 3 years now and I’ve replaced frost free taps for that same amount of time. My rule is Labor Day weekend, close the pool and winterize the house. Obviously it hasn’t caught on with my tribe.

 

[Leo]

Sir, yes Sir! hose fully pulled as ordered!

 

[Brandon]

Change your furnace filters as well.

 

[Mgderf]

Change your furnace filters as well.

Where can I get the best price on an "Air Bear" filter?

 

[Brandon]

Where can I get the best price on an "Air Bear" filter?

Couldn't tell you. We generally remove the filter rack and place a new rack in that holds common size filters.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Good advice but I already beat you to it

Beat what?

 

[BeDome]

Just as an old guy's reminder, there is an easy solution for removing the hose that is a bit too corroded to get off with just your handy pliers.

I bought some "fancy" hoses this spring. They were costly, mainly because I wanted 3/4 inch for a long run and I thought they looked pretty good. BUT ...
The brass looking plating corroded like crazy and welded themselves to the copper spigots.

Then in trying to get the damn things loose, using two large Channel locks I broke one of those $50 backflow preventers.

So, yeah, a problem for next spring, but to get the damn hose off, I pulled out my blade and cut the damn thing off.

There are alternate solutions, but I did not feel the need to wait for oil to do something to help, let alone continue to squat down while I muscled these corroded things apart.

Now I can just replace the end with an actual copper fitting, that stupid backflow check valve thingy and life goes on.

Pocket knife to the rescue!!

 

[Ballstater98]

Waited as long as I could. Supposed to snow tomorrow. Also glad I did because the wife left one on. How do I know? It's a nozzle option I don't use.

 

[Mgderf]

Yep, tonight's the night.
If you leave a hose hooked up tonight, you're playing the odds.

 

[eric001]

Just to pile on a bit here... For those of us that don't have those newfangled self-draining whatchamacallits, PLEASE make sure you've drained the lines going through the wall as well!!

 

[Ballstater98]

Just to pile on a bit here... For those of us that don't have those newfangled self-draining whatchamacallits, PLEASE make sure you've drained the lines going through the wall as well!!

& the spigot covers too! Cheap, and worth a good night's sleep below zero.

 

[91FXRS]

Typical Monday for me and the last thing I felt like doing was pulling my hose when I got home, so I took the easy route and just yanked it off the spigot, i got some drainage so I figured that should work for tonight and when it gets warmer in a couple days ill pull it all the way out and really blow it... hopefully I'll get lucky and hit the neighbor's dog in the process.

 

[eric001]

Won't the neighbors be upset if you make a mess on their dog blowing your hose??

 

[Mgderf]

I love this thread...

 

[Max Volume]

I pulled my hose and nothing came out of it.