If we put pavers in the bottom adding as many as you need for weight. Leave space between pavers for the pole. Pavers also work as cubbies if laid out that way. Easy peasy
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Please remember to use proper personal protective gear, especially when working with pressure treated lumber. The chromium salts used in pressure treated lumber are quite poisonous. A better choice, though a bit more expensive, would be to use cedar boards. Cedar fence boards and pickets are not terribly expensive, but happen to be naturally insect, mold, and rot resistant. Use proper dust collection as well as a good filter mask with any pressure treated wood. You also want to ensure you are not using it in your garden areas, as the poisons can leach into the soil. Dont go sanding this stuff without proper precautions. Your pets will thank you for their longer and happier lives without chromium salts in their food and water bowls. Lastly with the screw to hold the umbrella in place and the pipe... I would add 2 more, so you can center your umbrella in the pipe, and thread the holes for thumb screws. I would also add a shelf in the bottom for a sandbag or two in case of high wind. Make it accessible if you want it to be lighter for moving it around.
@Eric L "Yella Wood" brand pressure treated lumber went on the market earlier this year... this should be safe to use in gardens. If the wood has a GREEN tint to it (from the chromium salts) DO NOT USE IT for gardening...
@Eric L if you're not sure, have it checked. The woods I would recommend are yellow cedar, red cedar, cypress and that "Yella Pine" branded lumber. All four are softwoods, if I recall correctly, and rot/mildew resistant. Cypress may not be quite as resistant to certain types of insect infestation. It would also be MUCH more expensive, unless you have some locally and you know someone with a sawmill... As I said, though, with that grey looking stuff... if you don't know what they put in it, I wouldn't put it in or near your garden. You can check your local lumber yard and supply stores, perhaps they have some on hand or that can identify it for you and tell you if it may be safe to use. If not... take a small piece (very small!) and burn it. If it smells really bad, with black acrid smelling smoke, get rid of it! Use caution though, poison is still poison!
Use Pressure treated wood because you’ll be fishing it out of the pool when there is a gentle breeze
Is there a supply list?
I was wondering what size of screws are needed and the type of screws. How much wood do I need to buy? It would be nice to have a supply list
You can buy #8 x 2" screws or #8 x 1 3/4" screws
6 x 1x 6 x 8 wood
2 x 2 x 2 x 8
Not comfortable with handling PT lumber. And the ability of the table to keep the umbrella upright in a bit of wind.
throw a steel plate in the bottom and it aint goin anywhere
Well..make ut biggest that. Or full it up with something heavy. Like a bag of water
You could use cedar and remove the umbrella when not needed or close it
@@MrSGH21 I second the cedar over pressure treated poisoned wood... my idea for wind involves an extra shelf in bottom for sandbags.
If we put pavers in the bottom adding as many as you need for weight. Leave space between pavers for the pole. Pavers also work as cubbies if laid out that way. Easy peasy
Wonder how long it takes before being blown away!
Around wind thirty pm.
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Please remember to use proper personal protective gear, especially when working with pressure treated lumber. The chromium salts used in pressure treated lumber are quite poisonous. A better choice, though a bit more expensive, would be to use cedar boards. Cedar fence boards and pickets are not terribly expensive, but happen to be naturally insect, mold, and rot resistant.
Use proper dust collection as well as a good filter mask with any pressure treated wood. You also want to ensure you are not using it in your garden areas, as the poisons can leach into the soil. Dont go sanding this stuff without proper precautions. Your pets will thank you for their longer and happier lives without chromium salts in their food and water bowls.
Lastly with the screw to hold the umbrella in place and the pipe... I would add 2 more, so you can center your umbrella in the pipe, and thread the holes for thumb screws. I would also add a shelf in the bottom for a sandbag or two in case of high wind. Make it accessible if you want it to be lighter for moving it around.
I thought pressure treated wood stopped being so poisonous like 15 years ago?
@Eric L "Yella Wood" brand pressure treated lumber went on the market earlier this year... this should be safe to use in gardens. If the wood has a GREEN tint to it (from the chromium salts) DO NOT USE IT for gardening...
@@KithinaSoulstriker I just got the brown micro-sienna where I'm at
Edit: I've seen some gray stuff as well..wonder what that one is
@Eric L if you're not sure, have it checked.
The woods I would recommend are yellow cedar, red cedar, cypress and that "Yella Pine" branded lumber.
All four are softwoods, if I recall correctly, and rot/mildew resistant. Cypress may not be quite as resistant to certain types of insect infestation. It would also be MUCH more expensive, unless you have some locally and you know someone with a sawmill...
As I said, though, with that grey looking stuff... if you don't know what they put in it, I wouldn't put it in or near your garden.
You can check your local lumber yard and supply stores, perhaps they have some on hand or that can identify it for you and tell you if it may be safe to use.
If not... take a small piece (very small!) and burn it. If it smells really bad, with black acrid smelling smoke, get rid of it! Use caution though, poison is still poison!
Why is this in the This Old House feed? It's nothing to do with This Old House, and she's no Norm Abrams. We don't need to know what doesn't work.