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Patio Furniture Weights. 11 Tips To Secure Your Outdoor Furniture

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Patio Furniture Weights | how to stop patio furniture from blowing away

When you’re inside on a windy afternoon, drinking some tea and watching the trees sway, the last thing you want to see is your outdoor sectional flying through the air, followed by the cantilever umbrella! You may need some patio furniture weights. Patio furniture has a pesky tendency to lift off of the ground or blow over.

These errant attempts at flight can damage the furniture, the surrounding garden, and occasionally bystanders.

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Replacement Umbrella Canopy: How To Guide

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A Beautiful Patio Umbrella
A Beautiful Patio Umbrella

Many patio umbrella canopies will rip, fade, and lose their luster after a few years. It just happens, even with the best of fabrics. The sun beating on the fabric all day, harsh winds, repeated use, and the elements all take their toll on the umbrella canvas. Often the canopy will be in rough shape, but the underlying umbrella frame is still fine. If the ribs are still in good shape, the crank mechanisms still work, and the pole still looks good, it may make sense to get a replacement umbrella canopy rather than buying a whole new umbrella.

Purchasing a replacement canopy is often significantly cheaper than buying a whole new umbrella. If the frame is in good shape, you may even consider upgrading to a higher quality fabric like Sunbrella for your replacement canopy, which would give you a much higher end look, without spending the money on a whole new umbrella! [Read more…] about Replacement Umbrella Canopy: How To Guide

How To: 5 Steps To Use An Inflatable Hot Tub in Winter Cold

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Inflatable Hot Tub Winter Use

Hot tubs are at their most compelling in the winter time, but most of the new inflatable hot tubs are not designed to be used in winter! We have put together this guide to help make your inflatable spa use stretch to as much of the year as possible and will show you how to use an inflatable hot tub in winter cold. Additionally, this hack will let you heat your spa much more quickly, and more cheaply, than before!

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How to Weight Down a Patio Umbrella. Market Umbrella Weight Guide

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A Beautiful Market Umbrella, With Weighted Base. Source: Pinterest
A Beautiful Market Umbrella, With Weighted Base. Source: Pinterest

Patio umbrellas are extremely useful patio accessories, providing shade from the sun, protection from the rain, and helping to form a comforting little micro-climate underneath their canopy. Whether they are used in conjunction with a patio dining table or on their own, they create visual interest and signify places of serenity. They must, however, be properly weighted down! Patio umbrellas vary significantly in price, dimensions, and build qualities, and it can be difficult to figure out the proper market umbrella stand weight to use in different circumstances.

Tables provide a second point of support to those umbrellas used in conjunction with a table. This additional support takes some of the emphasis off of the base weight, but these patio umbrellas still need a base weight as well. If the weight is insufficient, the umbrella may take the table down with it — and any dishes or glasses on the table will be shattered!

The goal of this guide is to clarify all of this and to give a better sense of what you will need in order to keep your umbrella pointing in the right direction, and free of damage. [Read more…] about How to Weight Down a Patio Umbrella. Market Umbrella Weight Guide

What is a Market Umbrella? Is it Different than a Patio Umbrella?

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Market Umbrella with Flowers. Source: Pinterest
Market Umbrella with Flowers. Source: Pinterest

When browsing for umbrellas, you will often find the term “market umbrella” referenced. The term market umbrella is an industry term and is often used without reference to what a market umbrella exactly is. So what is a market umbrella? And what is a patio umbrella as well? What is the difference between the two?

Often it seems the two are used interchangeably in advertisements and on Pinterest, and it is unclear what the difference is. Hopefully, we can clear that up a bit here.
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