While you are out enjoying the sunshine and the long, warm evenings, you don’t tend to cast much thought towards the end of summer and how you are going to protect your garden furniture, but it is something you need to start thinking about. The angle you need to take is that, while you might be enjoying your sofa, table and chairs and gazebo today, you might not enjoy them as much next summer when they’ve been exposed to the many extremes of a harsh UK winter. Therefore, protecting your outdoor garden furniture today, will keep it at its best for tomorrow.
At Bags & Covers Direct we supply a wide range of protective covers for your garden furniture, including standard and made to measure covers for sofas, tables, chairs, benches, barbecues, parasols, fire pits and even hot tubs. Anything you store outside over the winter needs to be protected, so invest in garden furniture covers today.
How the weather effects your garden furniture
- Rain – Prolonged exposure to moisture will start to rust and corrode anything metal, and will make cushions unpleasant to sit on, even if they eventually dry. Anything wooden, such as benches and tables, will absorb water and can start to rot, crack or split, even if you have protected them with stain or varnish.
- Cold and frost – Frost will contribute to rust in metal items, while it will also be absorbed by items such as a clay chiminea, which could expand and crack. Freezing temperatures will start to degrade plastic items also.
- Sun – Too much exposure to the sun will degrade most materials, and will certainly impact on the colour of plastic items. This means garden furniture such as plastic chairs or tables won’t look as nice or as inviting to sit on.
- Wind – Wind can dislodge loose items that are not secured and protected and can also contribute to material degradation.
If you have invested heavily in garden furniture, you want these items to last for many years. But natural weathering can fade items very quickly and can start to degrade their structure in some cases also. So investing in protective covers is essential to extend the lifespan of your garden furniture and to ensure you get value for money.
Protective covers for your garden furniture
When the weather starts to turn and you are not likely to sit outside anymore, you should think about protecting your garden furniture. Most people start to consider this around September time. Our garden furniture covers come in two qualities:
- Premium strong quality outdoor waterproof 500 denier polyester fabric
- Deluxe stronger quality outdoor waterproof and breathable UV stabilised 750 denier polyester fabric
Both these qualities come with sealed seams to ensure no moisture gets through, eye lets to thread drawcords through and a cord lock to ensure you can tie the cover tight and secure it. This ensures the harsh winds of winter can’t dislodge the cover and expose it to bad weather. This is why it is important that you choose the right size of standard cover, or carefully measure your item to choose a made to measure cover. It is important that all of your garden furniture is suitably covered, but also it is important that a cover is not too big, as excess material will catch the wind and make it easier for the cover to be blown off or gather moisture from the rain. Breathable fabric also helps release moisture that can gather underneath the cover, so your furniture sweating doesn’t lead to rust, cracking or other damage.
Order your garden furniture protective covers from Bags & Covers Direct
You can order your garden furniture cover from Bags & Covers Direct today and invest now in protecting your garden furniture for tomorrow, next summer and many summers after that too. You invest heavily in garden furniture that you expect to last for many years, and which will help you enjoy the summer weather we crave every year, so if you order garden furniture covers today, this protects your garden furniture over winter and makes your investment worthwhile.