u/ellaly

I'm the morning I water the garden. Some areas, or when it's dry I like to let soak longer. Rather than unscrew /remove current sprayer and put on a sprinkler, it would be nice if I could just plunk my current hose in the ground to let it run for a bit while I get some other things done before work.

I did use those quick hose attachments, but they broke after 1 season. Thanks a bunch, pals.

Hello, when we bought our midwest home a few years back, came with a metal (?aluminum ?steel I don't know, its brown paint-coated metal) pergola. Like the kind you might find for sale at lowes or home depot.
It is 10 x 10 feet, and it has kind of a curved "roof" with metal cross beams where the mesh "roof fabric" lives.
These days, several of the metal cross beams on the roof are sagging. They are 2 metal pieces that are joined in the middle, and where they meet must be rusting and they are starting to cave in. Looks pretty trashy.
The main structure of where the pergola sits in the ground seems fine, just these cross beams sagging.
I can't seem to easily find replacement parts. They would be ~10-11 foot long metal beams, maybe an inch or two in width. They seem to screw in, so seem easy enough to replace if I had the things to do it.
My husband thinks we should replace the whole thing. Which is fine, but he will never pull that trigger to make that happen. $$$$ So it will forever look like dog-farts.
I am looking to see if anyone else has replaced their pergola and how they approached it. I am struggling to find replacement or a reasonable alternative. I have looked at lumber and just having a hard time figuring out where to start.
THanks pals, appreciate it.