In message , Harry
Bloomfield writes
Some 25 years ago I scratch built a pub style table with the attached
bench seats, since when it lived outdoors in the weather. Eventually it
rotted at the four feet, which are in constant contact with the
concrete of the patio, sat in water. I built a replacement which I
finished yesterday and I'm just trying to think of some means to ensure
the ends of the legs are not sat directly on the concrete patio slabs.

My best idea at the moment is to drill a hole into each leg and fit a
steel bolt, so each leg is raised off the ground by the heads of the
bolts. The holes simply being a tight push fit for the thread of the
bolt. Has anyone got any alternative suggestions please?

We don't use the table so much for sitting at, but it makes for an
absolutely great bit of outdoor working space.

Screwfix do hex headed stainless *screws* and you could stand the legs
in Cuprinol timber preserver while they are still dry.

regards


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Tim Lamb