Patio Table & Chairs.

[RoyT50]

Hi
I thought that I would share a recent project, bored in lockdown, I made from fence gravel boards.
A patio table & chairs and a double seat with table.
I was going to use pallet wood but problems with my back prevent me from, painlessly, breaking pallets, so I decided to use Fence Gravel Boards which are suprisingly cheap IF purchased from specialist fencing timber suppliers NOT diy stores !

I buy 3.6 meter lengths of 150 x 22 mm for less than £5 and 100 x 22 mm for less than £4
Which has the advantage of allowing me to cut the lengths I need rather than the "usable" lengths from a broken pallet. I would rather pay around £5 than spend the time breaking a pallet anyway
I finished this project by charring the wood for a nice effect and sealing with yacht varnish.
Hope you like the result, my wife did so that's all that matters really LOL.
Roy

 

[bernardgreen]

Very impressive, well done.

 

[Mottie]

Great work. What did the whole project cost you?

 

[sxturbo]

Awsome, wish I had the time to be that bored.... Not stopped working this year.

 

[RoyT50]

Mottie

The table, chairs and double seat cost around £50 for them all, using gravel boards from a specialist fence timber supplier. Don't buy from a DIY store their prices are double at least

I used wood screws from eBay about £10 per 1000, still got lots left

The charred wood effect is my wifes favourite, burn lightly with a standard blow torch and sand back to required darkness, OH ! and wear a mask ... cough !! splutter !!

I was offered £300 by a friend to make him just the table & chairs, I had to decline because my shed is too small - I need good weather so I can make outside. Not a British weather project.