I've been asked to build some bench seating. I'm sure there are standard
dimensions for seat heights, widths, depths etc. Anyone know of a source?

Measured my 3 piece but I'd like to make sure.


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Can't quote you an open source reference, but I have a copy of "Metric
Handbook. Planning and Design Data" Adler - Architectural Press.

Contains vast amounts of that sort of data. If you can be specific
about what you want, I'll look it up.

Have also been resizing some church pews this week, so can take some
measurements off those if you like.

RubberBiker wrote:

Have also been resizing some church pews this week, so can take some
measurements off those if you like.

Except that every church pew I've ever sat in (admittedly not all that
many) has been ergonomically terrible :-)

Pete

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Pete Verdon d wrote:
Have also been resizing some church pews this week, so can take some
measurements off those if you like.

Except that every church pew I've ever sat in (admittedly not all that
many) has been ergonomically terrible :-)

That's to keep you awake. ;-)

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Owain wrote:
On 27 Aug, 22:59, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
Except that every church pew I've ever sat in (admittedly not all that
many) has been ergonomically terrible :-)
That's to keep you awake. ;-)

And because they were probably designed for people about 100 years
ago.

True.

My brother is an elder of the local kirk in Scotland and they fairly
recently decided to rip out all the pews and replace with movable seating.
Quite a large kirk that would seat some 500, and built in the mid 1800s.
And the majority of all that lovely pine had to be scrapped. A few were
sold to members of the congregation - but the rest were charged for
disposal.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article
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Owain wrote:
On 27 Aug, 22:59, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
Except that every church pew I've ever sat in (admittedly not all that
many) has been ergonomically terrible :-)
That's to keep you awake. ;-)

And because they were probably designed for people about 100 years
ago.

True.

My brother is an elder of the local kirk in Scotland and they fairly
recently decided to rip out all the pews and replace with movable seating.
Quite a large kirk that would seat some 500, and built in the mid 1800s.
And the majority of all that lovely pine had to be scrapped. A few were
sold to members of the congregation - but the rest were charged for
disposal.


Maybe they didn't put enough feelers out. Easy enough to dismantle, and
the seats alone (usually 12" x 1") used to fetch good money from
restorers and the like.

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Stuart Noble wrote:
My brother is an elder of the local kirk in Scotland and they fairly
recently decided to rip out all the pews and replace with movable
seating. Quite a large kirk that would seat some 500, and built in the
mid 1800s. And the majority of all that lovely pine had to be
scrapped. A few were sold to members of the congregation - but the
rest were charged for disposal.


Maybe they didn't put enough feelers out.

Being good Aberdonians I'm sure they did. ;-)

Easy enough to dismantle, and
the seats alone (usually 12" x 1") used to fetch good money from
restorers and the like.

It's what I thought. But perhaps only in some parts of the country.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:11:55 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Easy enough to dismantle, and
the seats alone (usually 12" x 1") used to fetch good money from
restorers and the like.

It's what I thought.

I know church seats are uncomfortable - but 12" x 1"? Ouch! :-)

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:49:07 -0700 (PDT), Owain wrote:

On 28 Aug, 15:07, Jules wrote:
I know church seats are uncomfortable - but 12" x 1"? Ouch! :-)

As the choirboys all said...

Owain

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The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.

Owain wrote:
On 28 Aug, 15:07, Jules wrote:
I know church seats are uncomfortable - but 12" x 1"? Ouch! :-)

As the choirboys all said...

Owain


At least choir stalls normally have higher backs. A lot of them ended up
as settles in pubs and wine bars