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Wooden Garden Benches

February 5th, 2009

If you want your wooden garden benches to last for many years to come, you are likely going to have to fulfill some relatively minor maintenance requirements. The exact maintenance that you must do depends greatly on both the type of wood your wooden garden benches are made from as well as the climate in which you live.

Here are some general tips for caring for wooden garden benches:

• Winterize – it is best to move your wooden garden benches to a shed or garage during the colder, wetter months. If this is not an option, place them beneath a covered patio and/or cover them with a garden furniture cover (a basic garbage bag may actually trap moisture beneath it…).

• Check for cracks and splinters – high exposure to the sun can cause some cracking of the wood. Be sure to check your wooden garden benches regularly for cracks and splinters (you certainly do not want to find a splinter by sitting on it!).

• Watch out for grass and soil – very likely, your wooden garden benches are going to be out in your garden or beneath trees. This means that they will very likely be placed directly on grass or soil. Both grass and soil can be very moist, and your wooden garden benches can soak up this moisture, causing the legs to decay. Place your wooden garden benches up on bricks or flat rocks. And/or be sure to soak the legs of your wooden garden benches in cups of preservative at the beginning of each season.

 

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