You can buy storage wheels which have a handle and make it easy to wind the hose up. Mine has a short length of hose with the tap connector on it, plugged into the wheel 'hub' which then has another connector onto which you plug the hose itself. Easier to use when the hose is warm and therefore pliable, but it does store it neatly and without kinks
I wonder if it isn't about time we all stopped using hosepipes and tap water to water our gardens. We only have a hosepipe to top up the garden pond in the summer. Instead we have numerous water butts, not the expensive shop bought ones but acquired cheaply from farmers and the like, with a storage capacity of over 400 galllons of rainwater....and we intend to get more.I just think it's irresponsible in this day and age to use tap water for any other reasons than for what it is intended - drinking, cooking, and washing.
@Paul N, I completely agree with you this is a great idea, sadly like lots of great ideas ( recycling, car sharing ) the practicalities are too complicated for the majority of people so it will never work. I live in a new build house and although it is very warm it has no eco features that would have been easy to fit when it was built. It would have been so easy to fit an underground tank for rainwater at the time plus solar panels etc. Until it becomes a legal requirement for all new houses to have these facilities included it will just be a great idea.
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You can buy storage wheels which have a handle and make it easy to wind the hose up. Mine has a short length of hose with the tap connector on it, plugged into the wheel 'hub' which then has another connector onto which you plug the hose itself. Easier to use when the hose is warm and therefore pliable, but it does store it neatly and without kinks
I wonder if it isn't about time we all stopped using hosepipes and tap water to water our gardens. We only have a hosepipe to top up the garden pond in the summer. Instead we have numerous water butts, not the expensive shop bought ones but acquired cheaply from farmers and the like, with a storage capacity of over 400 galllons of rainwater....and we intend to get more.I just think it's irresponsible in this day and age to use tap water for any other reasons than for what it is intended - drinking, cooking, and washing.
@Paul N, I completely agree with you this is a great idea, sadly like lots of great ideas ( recycling, car sharing ) the practicalities are too complicated for the majority of people so it will never work. I live in a new build house and although it is very warm it has no eco features that would have been easy to fit when it was built. It would have been so easy to fit an underground tank for rainwater at the time plus solar panels etc. Until it becomes a legal requirement for all new houses to have these facilities included it will just be a great idea.