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Prepare Mounting Location and Install Bracket

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Identify a sturdy vertical surface like a wooden porch post or a brick wall where the hose reel can be conveniently located. The presenter selects a wooden post. Position the mounting bracket at the desired height, ensuring it will allow the hose reel to swing freely. Mark the locations for the pilot holes through the bracket. Using a drill with an appropriate-sized drill bit (smaller than the lag bolt thread), pre-drill the pilot holes. Then, use a socket attachment on the drill to drive the lag bolts through the bracket and into the pre-drilled holes, securing the bracket firmly to the surface.

Goal: Choose a suitable location on a sturdy surface, such as a porch post, to mount the swivel bracket. Mark the pilot holes, drill them, and then securely fasten the bracket using the provided lag bolts.

Tools and materials

  • Cordless Drill
  • Drill Bit
  • Lag Bolts
  • Socket Attachment

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let's get busy and show you guys this thing in action this looks like it's going to be pretty simple we've got some lag bolts four lag bolts right here and looks like you can mount it on masonry if you had a masonry bit you could mount it into uh into a brick wall or something like that but what we're gonna mount it up to is just a wood post on the outside of my porch right here so that should be super simple it rotates on a swivel so we put this mount up on the porch and we slide this guy in so we can remove it in the winter time if we want to which is really really cool let's see come on there it is so it's gonna mount up on this swivel and it actually swivels in the direction that you pull the hose really cool i'm gonna say this extension here is about six feet long so we're gonna hook it right to the water hose bib on the porch so first thing you got to do is kind of mock it up i'm going to stick it right over here where i'm going to put it i'm going to mount it right there i'm going to mock it up and see how it fits right here is my mount point that's what i'm looking for right there boy it's kind of in the way but if you tuck it over to the side it's not really in the way so you can push it out and i can water plants on that side of the house and on this side of the house so hmm simply put how high do we mount this thing and i'm gonna pull my little pin right here and i can set this guy right up to mount right there so here's the tools that are going to be required for this super super simple pair of pliers and a small drill bit it doesn't matter what size the drill bit is as long as it's smaller than your little lag screw okay just like that now i'm gonna pop my drill bit out and we're gonna use this is a 13 millimeter and i've got a little socket attachment to go on my drill right here we're just going to slip that on and drive that leg bolt in there we go nice and tight this is my little utility hook this is the most awesome stuff i'll post a link to it this is what keeps stink bugs away from my house that stuff is awesome this is a milwaukee is it a milwaukee yeah this is a milwaukee from northern tool there we go now you can mount this to the side of your house no problem however you want

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