The advantage of these garden chairs is that since they don’t have complicated joints, it’s relatively easy to remove the rotten boards in poor condition and replace them. And because we can easily fix them, these garden chairs will last us a long time, unlike plastic ones.
Matthias shares what he learned during this repair and recommends that if we find ourselves in the same situation, we take the opportunity to see where the boards rot. By just observing, we can learn a lot, although we must always keep in mind that no matter how much we observe and want to replicate what we see, the lack of knowledge can play tricks on us. Personally, I like to observe how furniture is constructed to have more design options, but since I haven’t studied carpentry, I prefer to stick to furniture sizes that guarantee stability and few problems with wood expansion. I don’t know, sometimes I feel like I’m repeating myself when I write … but it’s okay to repeat if it’s for repair or improvement, or even just to remember.
As always, you can find the link to this Woodgears article in Spanish on the woodworking projects page of this blog, under translations of Woodgears (no. 17). And if you like those garden chairs, you will also find the link to the translated article where he shows how he makes them and to the plans (no. 8).