Concrete Block Bench

How to make a cinder block bench.

Concrete block bench. See more ideas about concrete bench concrete concrete furniture. Then you can start to bond the blocks together depending on your seating arrangements. Salvaged wood pieces are perfect seating or work surface solution for any yard design and cinder blocks or screen blocks make strong supports allowing to create many different outdoor furniture pieces for your home. See more ideas about cinder block cinder block bench cinder.

7cm x 7cm exterior facade paint. You will need concrete cinder blocks wood posts concrete adhesive and colorful paints to make a beautiful cinder block bench. I decided to reuse the wooden forms from that project to make a bench. Space each post to your liking or to fit your cushions.

Cut additional 2 x 4s into 14 blocks each 4 inches long. Standard wooden garden posts square. Secure the spacers to the longer boards with 2 1 2 inch decking screws. My parents wanted a bench to go with the concrete fire pit i made for them.

Starting materials to make a cinder block bench. Place the concrete blocks offset so that the bench has more stability. Mar 8 2020 explore yogi deelert s board concrete bench followed by 126 people on pinterest. Start by building your bench posts or legs.

Move the two cinder block structures approximately 5 feet apart. Firstly you should decide the size and shape of the bench. We recommend a light color for the exterior of the blocks a darker color for the interior but in fact it s the way you want it. Now all the blocks are glued together and you let the bench dry again overnight.

Each cinder block post is going to use 3 concrete blocks 1 horizontal cement block laid directly on top of 2 vertical ones. Construct the seat using eight 2 x 4s cut to the distance measured in step 7. The plywood panel is cut to size according to the dimensions of the bench. Two posts will form the back support and four posts will make the seat of the bench.

Insert one end of a post through a hole in a cinder block and then into the opposite hole. It will be better to wait until the adhesive gets dry about 1 hour. The construction adhesive is applied to the underside of the plywood panel. Concrete blocks and wood provide the ideal combination of materials for building inexpensive durable and comfortable benches and tables.

My posts were just under 2 feet apart from each other.