Bench cover

[Simpo Two]

Seemingly impossible to find...

Length 245 cm
Depth 60 cm
Height 65 cm

They're either too short, or if long enough, far too deep. Needed to keep the rain and winter off a park bench.

Is anybody's google working better than mine or is it a bespoke job?

[miniman]

That does seem a particularly long bench.

Buy two normal size ones and join in the middle?

[Sixpackpert]

Would a patio table cover work with some bungees round the bottom?

[V8RX7]

Tuck the bottom under the legs.

I was unaware park benches needed covering - I've never covered mine

[overunder12g]

We sell garden furniture and do not advise using covers.
They encourage mould growth and prevent the timber from "breathing"

[Evoluzione]

Oh no, Benchgate resurfaces. The lifelong struggle of one man and his bench

What about a cheap car cover? Not perfect I know, but would maybe do.

[Sixpackpert]

overunder12g said:

We sell garden furniture and do not advise using covers.
They encourage mould growth and prevent the timber from "breathing"

Makes sense to me. Never covered ours and they are fine.

[PositronicRay]

Try custom covers, they'll make anything you want.

[Zetec-S]

Sixpackpert said:

overunder12g said:

We sell garden furniture and do not advise using covers.
They encourage mould growth and prevent the timber from "breathing"

Makes sense to me. Never covered ours and they are fine.

We bought covers for our bench and tables. Trouble is the wind gets underneath it and topples it over so have given up (they are metal rather than wood though)

[Simpo Two]

Benchgate it is!

More detail: this bench has been outside since 1977 and has had maybe one coat of stain in all that time, so the wood is pretty shot in places. I've given it some clear preservative but it hasn't had much effect. The bench has a cast iron frame so too heavy to tuck anything underneath easily.

I'd considered the ventilation/mould aspect but think that a small gap around the bottom would let air circulate whilst covering the wood.

Looks like it will have to be a custom cover. In fact I might ask the same company that did the car cover. Any other links welcome, thanks

[Etretat]

A good excuse to build a shed!

[Simpo Two]

Etretat said:

A good excuse to build a shed!

Normally you'd be right, but the shed is (a) 2' shorter than the bench, (2) full (3) the bench takes two strong men to lift!

A tarpaulin could be cut to size but I have no way to do the seams.

[Simpo Two]

Just to conclude this, I rang up Classic Additions who made my car cover and they'll be making a bespoke cover next month.