How to Ice Proof a Garden Hose

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Tip 1 - How to Ice Proof a Garden Hose

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by c 699 | permalink

The average garden hose is not just for watering. The hose is a water toy on a summer day. You can use the hose to outline round or curved flower beds. You wash down the sidewalk and driveway, spray a...

For further reading: http://www.gardenguides.com/123748-ice-proof-garden-hose.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - Clear Flow™ Lightweight Expandable 3/4 Garden Hose

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by hetete | permalink

No kink expanding 3/4 water hose made for Industrial, Contractors, Farming, Boating, Irrigation and agriculture! Get a light weight garden hose today!
Tags: Contractor Hose, 3/4 Garden Hose, 3/4 Inch Garden Hose, 3/4 Hose, Water Hose, Gardening, Clear Flow Hose

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Tip 3 - SOS emergency plumbing (frozen outside garden hose)

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by mpalacios | permalink

I delayed disconnecting my outdoor garden hose from the outside spigot before the freezer that hit us today. I went to disconnect it, and I have found that the connection is very hard (couldn't...

For further reading: http://ask.metafilter.com/271684/SOS-emergency-plumbing-frozen-outside-garden-hose ^[3]

Tip 4 - The Correct Way to Wind a Garden Hose

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Didier Muller France | permalink

Pricing a new garden hose can give you new respect for this garden stalwart. Hose are regularly dragged and stretched across rough ground, threatened with mower blades and left baking in the sun or ...

For further reading: http://homeguides.sfgate.com/correct-way-wind-garden-hose-76783.html ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to Install a Freezeproof Faucet

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lars Arvidsson | permalink

A step-by-step guide to protecting your exterior faucets from freezing and bursting
Tags: Bathroom Details, Bathroom Faucets , Bathroom Subjects, Faucets , Home Hardware , Home Improvement Products , Kitchen Details , Kitchen Faucets , Kitchen Subjects, Plumbing Subjects , Room Details , Room Hardware , Other Faucets and Fittings, How-To & Repair, Planning & Ideas, Step-by-Step

For further reading: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/intro/0,,480863,00.html ^[5]