Kitchen worktop outdoors?

[BobbyBrown]

Hello, a bit of advice required,

I've just finished my decking area
//www.diynot.com/forums/your-projects/bbq-hardwood-decking-area-well-it-is-winter.346641/
and would now like to turn my attention to the rear of the garage that is facing it.

As you can see from the image below

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• BobbyBrown
• 3 Jun 2013
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the brickwork isn't great and there's been some leaching from when all the excavated soil was piled against it. I'm looking to clad the wall and get a climber growing up, whilst at the same time fixing a worktop just under the window that will integrate my bbq, something akin to this

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• BobbyBrown
• 3 Jun 2013
• 1

My questions are:

1) Is there any wooden worktop that would survive outside? I'd keep it covered from the rain but it will obviously suffer from temperature swings and high humidity.

2) If there is a worktop that would work how could I attach it to the wall? (I was thinking a number of M10 bolts drilled from the inside of the garage straight into the worktop.

Cheers

 

[Burnerman]

Ideally you'd need something like teak or oak to withstand outdoor use.....the likes of kitchen worktop would break up in no time. Maybe a salvage yard could be an answer?
Your fixing idea seems fine, but a couple of peg legs at either end will be necessary for a stable job.
John

 

[ivixor]

Perhaps you could get a teak patio table, and then fix it to the wall with brackets.

 

[big-all]

make it from decking boards and buy some large plastic chopping boards to sanitize the area
anything exposed to the elements will soon harbour more germs than the flies and bird dropping that wash over it

http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/large-plastic-chopping-board-239544

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Stainless steel?

Could be integrated nicely with the BBQ...