On Tue, 6 May 2003 00:37 +0100 (BST), (Steve Harris)
wrote:

I'd like a short (about 1m long) wooden bench for my garden. I've seen
very cheap pine offerings and expensive naughty hardwoods. Will money
buy me resistance to rote, mould, etc?

Is there a really good "treatment" that will prevent rot? A lot of these
seem to be for rough sawn timber only.

You get what you pay for.

I have a hardwood bench in the garden that I have sorely neglected -
but after 8 or more years it's as strong as ever...and the lichen
growing on it looks kinda funky...
But last year I bought a cheap pine 'pub style' table/bench thing for
£25 from B&Q - and despite bunging lashings of preservative and
varnish on it it still went all black and mouldy....and it warped
considerably.

Get a decent one and it'll save you money in the long run.

Regards,



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