modern decking design ideas
i have been building and selling this particularstyle bench for about 4 years now and you can build one too. you can build some to makemoney or simply build a couple for your own yard. it features a comfortable 15 degreeback and 15 degree legs. in the link below you will find a full tutorial as well as afree set of plans. to build this bench you will need eight 8' 2x4s, about a pound of2-1/2" outdoor screws, and some 2-1/2" outdoor pocket hole screws if you want to secure theslats from below. to start cut all of your pieces accordingto the cutting diagram. you can use any type of saw for this. a jigsaw, circular saw, handsaw, or in my case a miter saw. before you begin assembly arrange all of your piecesso that the good side is down. next use the
pocket hole schedule to drill all of yourpocket holes. this is how we will attach the seat and back slats to give a nice clean look.if you do not have a pocket hole jig you can simply attach the slats from above with regularoutdoor screws. when putting your leg assemblies togetheryou will form a parallelogram where the pieces intersect. it is important to put the twoscrews along the long diagonal of this parallelogram and not the short diagonal. this will do abetter job at preventing movement. use glue and two screws at each intersection. to make assembly easier i designed this sothat you can use a scrap piece of 2x4 to space the horizontal members apart. the back supportis attached to both horizontal pieces of the
leg assemblies. it intersects the top backcorner and is flush with the bottom of the lower horizontal member. again, use glue andtwo screws along the long diagonal of each intersecting parallelogram. you also needto make sure that the angle of both back supports is the same. to do so secure the second backsupport with just one screw. place both assemblies together on the ground and make any adjustmentsneeded. then finish securing the second back support. use the 40" board to connect both leg assembliesat the base of the back supports. if you used pocket holes make sure that you attach itwith the pocket holes in the back. if not you can simply screw from the front of itinto each of the back supports.
attach the back seat slat first using glueand screws. if you used pocket holes you will probably need an extension for your drillfor this first seat slat only. if you did not use pocket holes you can simply screwfrom the top with two outdoor screws on each side. the spacing in between slats is 1/4". youcan use a 1/4" drill bit or a standard wood pencil. i always space the first back slat slightlymore than 1/4" above the seat slats. for this i use a regular sharpee marker which is about1/2". to me it just looks a little bit better. again use glue and screws with regular 1/4"spacing for the rest of the back slats.
so that's it. an easy bench design that ispretty strong and pretty comfortable. i hope you can make one or two and possibly makea few extra dollars by selling some. don't forget to check out my website for a freeset of plans as well as some other free how to projects. and if you like this type ofproject please subscribe to my youtube channel. you can also follow me on most of the socialnetworks and the links to those are in the description below. thanks for watching. andgood luck!