Retrieving a buried garden hose
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Several years ago we built a deck attached to our house. The deck is about a foot off the ground. We had the deck done in March over an old garden bed devoid of plants (in Pennsylvania) but we failed to retrieve the soaker hose which was buried by an inch or so of soil. One end of the (15' long) hose is exposed - about 4 feet so we know it's in pretty good shape. How can I pull this out without crawling under the deck (yuck! bugs, critters) - I thought about attaching the one end of this hose to a hose connected to our back yard spigot thinking this would help loosen the soil. Any other ideas?
11 answers
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Oh for Pete's sake....cut the hose and buy a new one!
Bink
on Sep 04, 2016
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Probably not worth the effort. I would cut it off and buy a new hose. Lots of good sales after labor day!
Frank Rau
on Sep 04, 2016
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Not sure whether just the buried hose is just under the deck and there is exposed end outside of the deck perimeter from what you say or if you can just see it under there. If the exposed end is under the deck then I would use a shepherds hook to get it over to the edge. Hooking it to a regular hose and letting it run would loosen the soil but it is kindof a waste of water but it will keep you out from under the deck and the boogie bugs LOL.
Sue Kiene
on Sep 04, 2016
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Get a new hose. I think this question is a joke
Ellie Smith
on Sep 04, 2016
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give it up buy a new one for petes sake
ANITA
on Sep 04, 2016
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Are you serious!! sometime's people can't see the wood for the trees! if you see the need to retrieve a 5 dollar buried hose you would have to qualify for the "Tightarse" award for 2016!
Alan
on Sep 04, 2016
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OK for all you naysayers, the point of this website is to help people not treat them like they are stupid. Most of the entries on the site are taking an item and making it into something else instead of BUYING and PAYING the high dollar for new. In this case, she wants to retrieve the hose that she already has. I hope my suggestion above helps you Mary Lou and also that the naysayers think about "if you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all" Have a great Labor Day.
Sue Kiene
on Sep 05, 2016
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Target has them as well, we will be shopping in Annapolis on Friday I will keep an eye out for you.
Alan
on Sep 06, 2016
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I must be a cheapskate too, because I would want to rescue the hose also. I would see if there was a way to connect the visible end to a long pole or "shepherd hook" as mentioned above. after soaking the area, you should be able to pull it "back" towards the other side and it should come out of the dirt. I would not try to pull it "towards" you, you will just stretch out the hose without gaining much ground.
Cheesecake chick
on Sep 06, 2016
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The 5 bucks come from my own purchase on E-Bay before we left to come over for my wife's mothers funeral, I bought 2 of them for a tenner plus postage for our neighbour to keep our lawns watered while we are away, you seem to be totally obsessed with my reference to the 5 bucks, rather than the as one other referred to "Joke post" am sorry but we a off on a road trip in a few hour, so our next contact with the internet will be a few days {4} away.
Alan
on Sep 06, 2016
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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SET-OF-2-GARDEN-SP...
Alan
on Sep 06, 2016
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