Using a tent to over-winter garden furniture. Yes/no?
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We have quite a lot of hardwood patio furniture, some of it quite old. It now gets 2 coats of teak oil every year but still suffers over the winter.
Cornish winters here can be long, wet and windy. Last winter we covered it all with a mixture of cheap synthetic bench covers, heavy lined covers and tarpaulins.
The cheap ones all started to split in the wind. Most of it had degrees of mouldiness when uncovered and some actually blew over.
It's not worth a huge amount but would be very costly to replace with new so I'd like some ideas for over-winter protection, please.
Cornish winters here can be long, wet and windy. Last winter we covered it all with a mixture of cheap synthetic bench covers, heavy lined covers and tarpaulins.
The cheap ones all started to split in the wind. Most of it had degrees of mouldiness when uncovered and some actually blew over.
It's not worth a huge amount but would be very costly to replace with new so I'd like some ideas for over-winter protection, please.
We had one extra shed last year and the OH won't consider another.
Reading more about tents, I agree: they don't seem to be designed for long-term use. So my latest thought is something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/VonHaus-Walk--Polytunnel-...
Does anyone have any experience of these things?
Reading more about tents, I agree: they don't seem to be designed for long-term use. So my latest thought is something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/VonHaus-Walk--Polytunnel-...
Does anyone have any experience of these things?
They often replace the plastic yearly, and a proper polytunnel is a lot stronger than something like this.
To be honest there is a reason people get a shed to put this kind of stuff in, it's the only way you are going to keep things half dry. Lean to is next best
Failing that I'd just treat it really wel and hope for the best
To be honest there is a reason people get a shed to put this kind of stuff in, it's the only way you are going to keep things half dry. Lean to is next best
Failing that I'd just treat it really wel and hope for the best
I use two of the bike caves from this lot and they seem to have held up pretty well over the years - http://www.caveinnovations.com/product-category/st...
I use one of these: http://www.dancovershop.com/uk/product/portable-ga...
For a trailer tent + Garden equipment 12 months a year and can't fault it.
Currently on offer also which helps!!
For a trailer tent + Garden equipment 12 months a year and can't fault it.
Currently on offer also which helps!!
driverrob said:
We had one extra shed last year and the OH won't consider another.
Reading more about tents, I agree: they don't seem to be designed for long-term use. So my latest thought is something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/VonHaus-Walk--Polytunnel-...
Does anyone have any experience of these things?
A shed will look a lot better than that!Reading more about tents, I agree: they don't seem to be designed for long-term use. So my latest thought is something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/VonHaus-Walk--Polytunnel-...
Does anyone have any experience of these things?
CoolHands said:
size of your garden I wouldve thought a large shed at the bottom wouldn't be seen! Anyway, looks like the tent will work.
You can just make out, in the first photo, two wooden sheds further down. A third would have been much more expensive than this tent, a long way to carry heavy furniture and difficult to 'hide'.Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff