A cover for furniture

[Jupiter01]

I have been using this to cover my picnic table and sun loungers over the winter. After one winter it has become very brittle and this morning, I noticed that it has come apart.

It's struggled with blowing in the wind and getting caught on the corners of the table.

Can someone please suggest a more durable option. I don't want to be replacing every few years.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mottie]

Only way is to pay a small fortune for a good quality made to measure cover. Cheap stuff will just do the same.

 

[sodthisforfun]

Get something that will withstand UV? It's that that degrades the plastic cover imo.

 

[Burnerman]

I've used the plasticised tarpaulins from Homebase before (grey on one side, green on the other), 3 years and still ok.....they have eyelets which are useful for fixing bungee straps.
John

 

[scbk]

A custom made cover from a local tarpaulin place would be just the ticket. Those cheap tarps are hopeless.

Failing that get some black polythene aka DPM

 

[conny]

If the table underneath has sharp edges simply put some split pipe lagging along the edges before covering with a decent waterproof tarpaulin.
As stated, cheap plastic ones are not designed to last long. It's false economy to buy them.