Your wife has just brought home two beautiful patio umbrellas and wants you to put them on the patio. This article talks about how to take them back and get the right ones without making her mad and getting the right stands to do the job properly. We will discuss temporary versus permanent installation as well as solid versus articulating stands. Hopefully we will help you with the process and help understand how one differs from the other.
If you want to move your patio umbrellas around you will obviously be looking at some sort of temporary solution. Actually it is probably a good idea to start with moveable stands to see whether you like the location and if your new umbrellas are giving you the shade and protection in the different times of the day and the seasons you will be using them. After you establish the best placement then you can decide if you want to permanently attach the post or stay with a portable system.
A portable stand holder can be purchased at any home improvement store, department store, and sometimes grocery stores.
They can be plastic, filled with sand or water, or decorative metal. The key is they must be heavy! It doesn?t take much wind to knock over a 9 foot umbrella and it can send a whole table of food flying or cause an injury that can send you to the after hour urgent care clinic. The wider the better and chose one with a good clamping devise to hold the post firmly in place. If it goes through a table it is all the better. The table acts as an extra stabilizer in foul or windy weather.
If you have a place to permanently mount your patio umbrellas there are still some items to consider. A lot of the umbrellas, being marketed today, have the ability to articulate and allow extra tilt for the setting sun.
This is a great feature but puts even more of a strain on your anchoring system. For these types of posts I always recommend extra support or permanent mounting. A wood deck only requires a simple hole and a wood block to give some great support. You should penetrate the wood by 8 inches to a foot for good support and a clamping means so a strong gust of wind doesn?t send it flying. Concrete is the same but tougher to drill and tougher to hold in place. It usually takes a metal or plastic insert to hold the post in place. No matter the method, when you are done using your umbrella, be sure to collapse it to protect it from any damage. A cover is nice to protect the fabric from fading.
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Source: http://www.banisterdecks.com/2012/03/16/stands-for-patio-umbrellas/
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