Hold each piece up to the faucet pipe and mark with a pencil where the pipe will pass through the.
Attach hose spigot to siding.
This renders the siding vulnerable to moisture and voids the warranty even if you seal the hole.
Ground about 3 feet then attach your reel to it.
Cut the siding into two pieces if the faucet will be located in the middle of a piece of siding.
If you want to hang something from your vinyl siding don t even think about drilling through it to attach a hook to the sheathing.
There are at least three alternative ways to do it.
Measure the length of the short hose that is attached to the hose reel.
From outside use a hole saw to drill for your new pipe.
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.
That way you wont ruin your sideing for a hose reel that will likely fall apart in a year.
Find location inside of house and drill a 1 4 inch pilot hole from the inside through the siding.