Angela Slater

19 February 2015

Daughter of a farmer and market gardener so have always had a connection with the outdoors, whether it was keeping animals or producing fruit, vegetables and cut flowers. Along with my work at Hayes Garden World I also have a smallholding, mainly breeding rare breed pigs. I gained an HND and BSc in Conservation and Environmental Land Management, as a result I am an ardent environmentalist and have a keen interest in environmentally friendly gardening. In my time at Hayes I worked for several years in the Outdoor Plant and Houseplant areas

How To Protect The Feet On Synthetic Rattan Garden Furniture

Keep your rattan furniture looking pristine for longer with feet guards

Hartman Charleston bistro set (pictured above)

A good quality set of synthetic rattan garden furniture should come with some protection on the feet. Even if you lose these protectors the frame should be made from aluminium which will suffer no damage and won’t go rusty.

You can protect the feet from marking a hard surface from scratching if you so desire; just get some rubber furniture feet protectors, but they are not really necessary on good quality furniture.

A cheap set will most likely have a tubular steel frame which will eventually go rusty, so protect the feet with rubber guards. The frame will eventually go rusty if it is left out in the rain unprotected, whereas a good quality set is able to be left out unprotected in all weathers.

If the set is on a hard stone surface try and lift the furniture rather than dragging it as this will eventually wear down the feet which could eventually lead to it becoming wobbly.

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