Garden Benches: Add to Your Garden Experience

Do you enjoy your garden? If you're like most people, you take great pride in your garden area and want it to look the best it can be year round. One of the best things you can do to improve the look of your garden is to add quality furniture that you can be proud of and enjoy sitting in any time you want to enjoy your garden area.

 

Teak benches are nice garden benches make of excellent quality teak wood, which offer the kind of taste you want to portray in your special garden. Teak is a favourite wood of many due to its longevity and quality. It is also relatively low maintenance. You can do nothing and it still maintains its beauty for years to come.

 

Take a look at this Decorative Carved Reclaimed Teak Bench in dark wood. It features a beautiful artistically-carved design on the back which royalty would have been proud to sit on. And yet, it has a sturdiness that provides adequate seating for more than 1 or 2 people.

 

If you prefer the lighter look, try this Banana Teak Bench Deluxe, in an arc-shaped artistic design and imagine sitting in this in your garden and enjoying your flowers and butterflies.

 

REASONS TO CHOOSE TEAK WOOD OVER OTHER WOOD

There are many reasons teak wood is a favourite with many over other wood. Here are a few reasons why people prefer it:

 

DURABILITY- Teak wood tends to outlast other wood and stays attractive through different seasons.

 

QUALITY- Teak wood is considered one of the most high-quality woods available for furniture in England and abroad and was one of the woods used by Royalty in times past. Teak wood can also be purchased in multiple colours, either light or darker shades, and you can find it in a variety of designs and artistic styles to match your personal taste.

 

MAINTENANCE- It is easy to take care of teak wood, despite its high-quality characteristics and appearance, so it gives you a nice piece of furniture that is perfect for the garden area without worries about whether it will keep its original attractive appearance into the future.

 

WHY US?

We specialize in teak wood and other fine wood at Chairs and Tables  and we have been importing fine teak wood products and furniture since 2004. We import from Indonesia and others where the finest teak wood is created and distributed so you know you are getting a quality product every time.

 

OUR HIGH STANDARDS

We focus on high-quality standards from the importation process to the delivery and we back our customers purchases with a return guarantee, if the item is not what you expected, you can simply return it within 7 working days and we will replace it at no additional cost to you.

 

IT'S ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE

Remember it's not just a piece of furniture. It's an experience. You want a high-quality bench you can be proud of...one that you can sit on and read or daydream away the afternoon as you watch your garden and enjoy the beauty of outside. The furniture you put in your garden does make a difference.

 

Visit our site and contact us if we can ever be of help in making your selections or other information. Our teak wood benches are state-of-the-art and there's one with your name on it waiting for you.

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Teak Oiling

Treating teak garden furniture with teak oil or other preservatives is not necessary; it will not extend the life of your furniture and is purely cosmetic.

We do not recommend oiling your teak furniture as it creates unnecessary maintenance.

However, if you wish to preserve the ‘just bought’ look of your garden furniture you should apply teak oil or wood stain when the furniture is new.

Follow the manufacturer’s recommended application, taking care with oil-soaked rags as they are highly combustible.

Chairs and Tables Ltd are UK retailers of teak garden furniture www.chairsandtables.co.uk

The properties of teak

Teak is a deciduous hardwood tree from the highlands of south-east Asia, it does not come from tropical rainforests and is grown in monitored plantations

Teakwood has a naturally high oil content which makes it both stable and resistant to rotting when exposed to climatic extremes.

For several centuries these special qualities have made teakwood the preferred choice for marine decking and construction, and is the reason that it is considered the premium timber for outdoor furniture.

Chairs and Tables Ltd are UK retailers of teak garden furniture
www.chairsandtables.co.uk

Mould on Teak Garden Furniture

From my experience mould is only an issue with poor quality teak furniture.

The best quality teak will be kiln dried over at least 21 days to slowly reduce the moisture content of the timber before moulding and assembly. Teak is naturally about 30% water when the tree is felled. The drying process in large industrial ovens slowly reduces the moisture content to around 10 - 14% moisture. This ultimately reduces any chance of warping or cracking once the furniture arrives into the drier air of the British climate compared to the Humid Tropical climate of Indonesia.

Leaving teak planks in an oven for 3 weeks costs money, which ultimately is passed onto the consumer. However should mean that the furniture will now last many many years longer and probably pays for itself handsomely on a £/years of use basis.

Poorer quality teak tends to be between 18 and 24% moisture and has only been dried natural by being left outside the factory in the tropical humid heat.

The high moisture content of the furniture once packaged and then stored is a breeding ground for mould and an obvious indicator of poorly manufactured furniture.

The simple application of silica gel sachets inside the packaging should solve any natural moisture problems occuring inside the shipping container and any good manufacturer will hang around 8 large moisture absorbing bags inside the container.

So advice would be to avoid any furniture that is mouldy

Look for retailers that source and retail low moisture teak garden furniture such as Chairs and Tables Limited. Companies that sell teak at moisture levels at less than 12%