Garden seat

[Gower]

Just finished the 3rd. (of 3) garden seats for my children. Made from scrap mahogany like timber and B&Q hardwood decking for the slats. The galv. bolts have since been withdrawn and recessed.

 

[StevieB]

Thats a nice looking bench!

I have two cast iron bench ends that were left in the garden by the previous occupiers of our house I was planning to add slats to to make a bench. Can I ask what the dimensions of you slats are, and whether you put a mid support under the seat as you did on the back? I presume you did! With the curved cast iron ends I have I think I am going to have to put a metal strap to support the seat slats but it would be handy to know the dimensions of yours and how solid they are.

Cheers,

Steve.

 

[Gower]

Steve. Thanks for looking. Regarding your cast iron bench ends, I have much the same and replaced the slats some years ago. My 'iron' bench is 1206mm long and the slats are 50mm wide. I've attached a rather poor photo of the anti-racking straps on the underside, just a length of 20mm flat bar. I've got one each end but you could have a one piece strap which must be secured in the middle. The B&Q hardwood decking boards would make excellent slats by ripping the 8' boards which will give you 4 slats per board. I paid about £12 a board when I bought them 6 months ago.

Also photo of rear of new timber bench showing the B&Q slats.

Cheers,
Jim

 

[StevieB]

Excellent, many thanks indeed. Must admit I hadn't even considered hardwood decking as a starting material! Will have a look see at B&Q next time I am there.

Steve.

 

[jlawrence]

Keep your eye out when visiting garden centers as they often have the hard wood decking on offer. You can also often find bits in the local paper.