Well duh! Not sure what took so long to figure this one out!

**Tiempo** · #1 01/15/11, 06:35 PM

Once in a while, despite my best efforts we end up with a frozen hose, usually when the horses need water NOW!

Tonight we had a brain storm and figured out a great solution is to unhook the hose and throw it in the bathtub for a quick, hot shower.

seedspreader · #2 01/15/11, 06:39 PM

LOL, yes, simple is the best, isn't it?

tinknal · #3 01/15/11, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tiempo

Once in a while, despite my best efforts we end up with a frozen hose, usually when the horses need water NOW!

Tonight we had a brain storm and figured out a great solution is to unhook the hose and throw it in the bathtub for a quick, hot shower.

Well, I've been doing this my whole life LOL. Of course if you unhook and properly drain the hose each time you use it you won't need too.

**Tiempo** · #4 01/15/11, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tinknal

Well, I've been doing this my whole life LOL. Of course if you unhook and properly drain the hose each time you use it you won't need too.

Yeah....I know...best laid plans and all

Windy in Kansas · #5 01/15/11, 07:10 PM

If it is flexible enough with ice in it to coil enough to bring inside that would work fine.

littlebitfarm · #6 01/15/11, 09:15 PM

I used to store the hose in the bottom of the heated water tank. Little messy but never frozen.

Kathie

nehimama · #7 01/16/11, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by littlebitfarm

I used to store the hose in the bottom of the heated water tank. Little messy but never frozen.

Kathie

Thanks, Kathie. I found this to be my very best solution quite a few years ago. Additionally, I tied a long piece of plastic baling twine around the end of the hose, and secured the twine outside the tank. Aha! No fishing around in the water tank on a cold day, trying to snag the hose!

julieq · #8 01/16/11, 07:56 AM

We have two hoses and thoroughly drain them, but still end up with both frozen quite often. Then we drag them into our small shop to defrost in front of a floor heater for a few hours.

Windy in Kansas · #9 01/16/11, 11:29 AM

It is also pretty easy to disconnect the hose at both ends and simply blow air into the hose slowly so that the air displaces the water. Even if some water remains there shouldn't be enough that fresh water won't travel through and melt any that remained which has turned to ice.

bluefish · #10 01/16/11, 11:31 AM

I just roll mine up after each use and store it inside. Considering the temps I'm dealing with, it makes the hose just a little more pliable as well.

Patt · #11 01/16/11, 11:46 AM

That's a good idea!

We did finally get in the habit of unhooking our hose every night and hanging it on a hook so it would high enough to drain out. But it took years of cursing frozen hoses to get to where we remembered. When we redid the water lines this year we put frost free spigots everywhere so now we are hose free mostly.

geo in mi · #12 01/16/11, 12:08 PM

Doesn't anyone use a crank operated hose reel? Wind up the hose and you wind the water out of it......

geo

nduetime · #13 01/16/11, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by thermopkt

I just roll mine up after each use and store it inside. Considering the temps I'm dealing with, it makes the hose just a little more pliable as well.

That is what we do as well. Stored the hose in the basement off the doorwayin a kiddee pool. My DH is awesome, he created a water system with pvc and hose that does not freeze up...all about gravity. We just have to remember to undo the quick link from the pump to the hose everytime.Works like a charm.

littlebitfarm · #14 01/16/11, 12:54 PM

When I first moved here there was no water at the barns. It took 5 garden hoses to reach down there. I had a small mobile home. Suppose I could have stored the hose in the living room. Initially, I stored it in the only bathtub and stood on it to take a shower everyday. Would fill a couple tanks, so I only had to mess with the hose about once a week.

When I got a heated tank, I moved the hose storage to the bottom of the water tank. When I built the house and had to move the water lines I added water and frost free hydrants to the barns. Talk about luxury!!!!!!

Kathie

Horseyrider · #15 01/16/11, 01:14 PM

We keep ours in the basement, and access it from an outside entrance.

The way my house is situated, I'd have to kill anyone who brings in a wet hose from outside to put it in the tub. The bathroom carpeting and familyroom carpeting is a very light cream color.

Didn't it feel really kind of good though, when that lightbulb went on over your head?