Most homeowners who have a patio, also have patio furniture that are perfect for summer to sit out and enjoy the weather outdoors. However when winter comes, many times the furniture gets damaged due to the water, snow, humidity or too dry air, and most people have no idea how to protect their patio furniture from damages caused by winter.
So here are some tips that should help you ensure that your patio furniture will be unharmed this winter and every other winter that comes after that.
Furniture for the patio comes in several materials. You have furniture made of plastic, of wicker and wood, of metal, fiberglass and several others. Each of these needs a different kind of protection from winter. Many times what works for wood won't work for plastic and vice-versa.
Wood furniture is very easily damaged during the winter due to the dry air that tends to crack the wood easily. Snow will add to the damage due to the water getting into those fresh cracks, which will strain and buckle the wood, rendering it useless at times. So what you need to do here is first of all to get some patio covers that can protect the wood from becoming damaged in the first place. The covers can come off as soon as winter is over. Also you can move the furniture to a shielded room, or a closed patio or gazebo, somewhere where snow, humidity and extensive dry air won't touch the wood.
Plastic furniture is another popular one with many homeowners, particularly when they don't have much money to spend on hardwood. Plastic is quite economical and fun to have around. Unfortunately plastic and vinyl are very vulnerable to get snapped by extreme cold, so this furniture needs to be placed somewhere inside where cold can't get to it.
Metal furniture can really get damaged by being outdoors during harsh winter times, especially if the metal is not stainless steel. Metal can rust easily and it only takes a bit of humidity or water to start the rusting process. With metal, you should go about the same way as you did with wood. You either need to cover the pieces or bring them indoors. You could also coat the metal surface with a protective coating that keeps your metal pieces away from getting damaged.
Something else that we haven't really talked about but it's important is dealing with furniture cushions. These are made of fabric that can soil if left outdoors and unprotected, so you need make sure that they are either covered or even better, taken to a safe place indoors where snow, humidity and changes in the weather temperature can't get to them.
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