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  Jenny Bloom March 3, 2011 at 9:26am

  Hi Richard

  Funnily enough I am designing something very similar for a courtyard garden in London - a cantilevered timber corner bench in rendered raised beds - and would appreciate any advice on construction. Is there a metal frame to support this bench? Really like your work.

  Thanks

  Jenny

  
  Richard Matthews said:

  are you thinking like this?
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  Stephen Ingram March 3, 2011 at 10:34am

  Could I suggest a different apporach, a real "floating" bench on water using a pontoon. Worth contacting Chris Murphy, MD of Pontoonworks:   They sell an Austrian product called JetFloat, which can be part filled with water and "anchored" to the bottom of a lake / pond to create a wonderful secure and safe "floating bench".  Do mention my name if you like as I know him. Hope you like this alternative suggestion.

  Yours

   

  Stephen
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  Andy Westacott March 3, 2011 at 6:18pm

  Wooden one's not a problem but this ideally needs to be all rendered. RSJ's is a good thought - thanks Paul I'll have a look into that.
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  Jenny Bloom March 4, 2011 at 3:22pm

  Thanks Richard - joist hangers sound like a simple cost-effective solution.
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  Martin Payne July 6, 2011 at 1:01pm

  funnily enough i'm having the same problem lol looks like were going to build a steel frame hidden by a timber seat, sorry the pics so small

   
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  Dean Giggins December 24, 2012 at 11:13am

  Sorry to bring back an old topic, but as I am asking a similar question to what this thread is about, it seemed the sensible thing to do.

  Next year, I have a project where I am creating a garden similar to the photo below, with a small sawn sandstone patio and a rendered block wall. As the patio is quite small due to size restrictions, I had the idea of creating a floating hardwood bench to create an extra seating area.

  The wall is around 1m long and will be somewhat like the one in this attachment.

  

  Can someone help me with how to fix the bench without noticeable fixings to create the floated look like the blow photo?

  ]

  Much appreciated,
  Dean.
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  Fenlandphil December 29, 2012 at 8:44am

  You could use solid round bars say 30mm diameter long enough to fit into the seat timbers and to be cemented into the wall during construction. Have them cross drilled in a couple of places to allow a screw to pass through them, weld plates onto the other end of the bars to help sprag them into the wall have the bars galvanised. Drill the timbers to accept the pins with fixing holes drilled to align with the holes in the bars insert the bars into the seat timbers and build the wall concreting the bars in as you go (the seat timbers will need to be supported until the wall is finished).

  Alternatively don't weld plates onto the bars, build the wall first offer the bench up to the required position drill the wall to take the pins fill the holes in the wall with resin anchor insert the bars and allow the resin to set. 

  I hope this is of use.
   
  Dean Giggins said:

  Sorry to bring back an old topic, but as I am asking a similar question to what this thread is about, it seemed the sensible thing to do.

  Next year, I have a project where I am creating a garden similar to the photo below, with a small sawn sandstone patio and a rendered block wall. As the patio is quite small due to size restrictions, I had the idea of creating a floating hardwood bench to create an extra seating area.

  The wall is around 1m long and will be somewhat like the one in this attachment.

  

  Can someone help me with how to fix the bench without noticeable fixings to create the floated look like the blow photo?

  ]

  Much appreciated,
  Dean.
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  Dean Giggins January 2, 2013 at 7:53pm

  Thanks for the response Phil.

  I understand what you are saying and that seems like one option. Sounds similar to the below photo:

  

  I still think there must be another way though.

  As you can see from the second photo I submitted in my earlier post, it seems to me that the bench has been 'boxed in' at the front to hide the fixing that is being supported off of the block wall.

  I have spent hours looking through Google but still can't find the answer. Plenty of companies are creating these floating benches, so it must be a pretty straight forward solution.

  I am now even more keen to try and find out the correct way of making these floating benches.

  If you have any other ideas Phil, or if anyone else can supply me with some info, it would be greatly appreciated.
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  Tim Horner January 3, 2013 at 2:30pm

  I have a good structural metal worker near me that makes up anything i need