If you have a big, beautiful home garden,
chances are, you have a garden hose. A garden hose also known as a hosepipe is
basically a flexible rubber tube that carries water. Although garden hoses may
also be made from polyurethane or vinyl, rubber is the most popular material
used. Attached to a spigot or a tap, water hoses are useful gardening equipment
making watering a lot easier and faster. You can attach a number of things at
the end of your garden hoses. Sprinklers and sprayers for example, concentrate
or de-concentrate water to one point or over a wider area.
Garden hoses are actually the simplest
method of irrigating your garden. But if your garden is quite large, you might
benefit from having multiple garden hoses attached end to end. The threads at
each end of a typical garden hose easily connect with one another. FORGE
Fashioned from synthetic rubber or durable
soft plastic, garden hoses have an internal web of fibers that makes garden
hoses flexible and their smooth exteriors make for easy maneuvering between,
around, and past trees and other obstacles. And because of their inherent
durability, garden hoses can withstand scraping, scratches, even being stepped
on without damaging its functional use.Hose
Hoses are normally classified into categories
depending on usage, toughness, durability, and overall quality of materials
used. Garden hoses can be either of three kinds:
Light Duty. Light duty garden hoses are
made of lightweight material and can be handled quite easily. You can use a
light duty garden hose for fairly light gardening chores or light house
cleaning. This type of hose is easy to move around and drag to different
places. It can be wrapped around in a spool after use. It is usually made of
hard plastic or rubber.
Medium duty hoses can give out enough water
pressure to take out hardened dirt in hard to reach corners. Although a bit
heavy, this is very useful in working with big lawns or gardens.
Medium Duty. Medium duty hoses are ideal
for general watering purposes. Resistant to kinks and generally durable and
flexible, medium duty hoses are good for watering your lawns or washing your
car. Most also come with at least a five-year warranty.
Heavy Duty. For tough watering chores, use
a heavy duty hose. Very kink-resistant, heavy duty hoses come with heavy duty
brass octagonal couplings. They're also extremely flexible. Heavy duty hoses
can handle all of your typical watering chores such as gardening, car washing,
etc. This type is perfect if you use your hose heavily as most heavy duty hoses
come with lifetime warranties.
Other types of hoses are available for
various uses and purposes. Generally larger and made with materials tougher
than garden hose rubber, some of these types of hoses are employed for
industrial purposes and are able to handle intense water pressure.
Whether you're a professional gardener or
just doing it as a hobby, pick out a good garden hose to have handy. It should
serve you well in the garden and for various other chores you might need it
for.