If you need more width to the post just get a 4x8 or nail a cross piece of 2x6 to it before you hang the reel.
How to hang hose reel through vinyl siding.
The saddle clips have a hole on either side and will hold the hose reef firmly against the siding of.
Works great doesn t damage the house.
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It slips into the groove between adjoining slats and once it clicks into place you can hang items as heavy as 12 pounds.
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4x4 posts 2ft deep spaced slightly wider than the width of the hose reel.
If the house has vinyl wood or aluminum siding center the screw holes.
Vinyl siding is easy to penetrate but there are places you want to avoid within the profile of the siding.
For siding that has two sections called ship lap there is a rib running horizontally in the middle of the piece.
I have a concrete block house so i planted two 4 ft.
That way you wont ruin your sideing for a hose reel that will likely fall apart in a year.
Hold the hose reel against the side of the house.
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I guess it would depend on the kind of sheeting siding under the vinyl if it s showing weird locations on your stud finder.
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Install siding at the top of a window or door in a similar fashion but this time set the siding on the window channel and use the window trim to mark the cut.
Trying to place the screw through that middle rib can be awkward.
Ground about 3 feet then attach your reel to it.
Go and buy 4 x saddle clips that will clamp onto the hose reel and also some butterfly bolts.
Lightly mark the location for the reel on the wall with a pencil or chalk.
While on the extreme side since the stud finder is not working for you i guess i would just pop the bottom of the siding panel losse so you can physically bend the panel up and start looking for nails in the existing siding sheeting in the area your wanting to hang your hose reel.
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