Posted by Sascha | Posted in Advice, cast garden furniture, iron garden furniture, metal garden furniture, traditional garden furniture | Posted on 27-04-2010
Tags: Advice, aluminium garden furniture, care for garden furniture, garden furniture, iron garden furniture, metal garden furniture, storage
[reblogged from wordpress]
If you have bought some good quality furniture for your garden, then you are going to want to take care of it. When the summer months are over it will need to be stored for quite a long time before it is time to get it out again. It is over this period that it can easily become very dirty and possibly even damaged. But by applying a little bit of thought you can keep it all in tip-top condition.
Your garden furniture should be kept where it is out of the way as much as possible. Avoid leaving it anywhere that it could be knocked and never leave it on a damp floor. If it is wooden, then moisture can cause rot or warping and cast iron furniture could rust. It is also a good idea to clean you furniture before putting it away for the winter.
When you put it into storage, cover it all in plastic sheeting; this will help to protect it from dirt and it will keep moisture at bay. If you do not have any sheeting then black bin liners can be used instead. With some masking tape to hold them in place these will do just as good a job. Try not to leave any gaps in your sheeting as creepy-crawlies will be queuing up to lay their eggs inside!
If you take your time to do all this, then your furniture should look just as good when you get it back out next year. Not only that, but it will already be clean and ready for use!
Good God! I couldn’t be doing with all this messing about.
I’d rather just give it a hose over before I use it next summer!
Isn’t this just common sense?
I automatically take care of my stuff without reading posts like this.
Mind you, I suppose some people just wouldn’t think…