How to Make Benches from Chimney Blocks
Your back yard looks empty, you have enough free time for some action and you have some chimney blocks in your store? Need a perfect sitting arrangement for evening cup of coffee? Want a calm and quiet place to observe singing birds. Yes all you need is to move your wand and turn your store room scrap into a sturdy bench.
Things Required:
Enchantments
– 2X6X8 Pressure treated boards
– 1X4X8 pressure treated boards
– 2 1/2″ encrusted deck screws
– 1 5/8″ encrusted deck screws
– Chimney blocks
– Weather Shield paint
– Deck stain and sealer
Wands
– Table saw
– Drill
– Small square
– Corner clamps or band clamp
– Pipe clamps and brackets
– Paint brush or roller
Instructions
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Bring the Chimney blocks in the day light of your magic station from your store room or you can buy it from a home development store. Here an approximate measure of the blocks is given. The measures of the block may vary that you get. Paint the blocks in all dimensions with weather shield using your paint brush.
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Screw (1) 20" board on each end of (2) 42 .5" boards to make a box frame for the top of the bench. Use the square to ensure that corners are of 90°. To make inside bracing screw one 17” board at the distance of 9” from the both ends of the frame. Now screw one 17” board at the center of the frame. Keep the surface of boards even with the surface of frame. Fix the top boards by cutting the 1X4X8 boards to the length of the frame and fix them to the top of the frames by using 2 screws in each board.
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For the base of bench set the Chimney blocks on end and fix the seat on the blocks so that they fix into the space of frame bracing. Wood can be varnished after one month when it is completely dried, use your awesome bench as it is until then.
