How to make a stone seat

Your step-by-step guide

Gather your supplies

• Seat 100 x 300 x 900mm sandstone colonial wall capping
• Legs 100 x 200 x 600mm sandstone blocks

You'll also need

• Spade
• Long-handled
• Round-mouth shovel
• Rake
• Tape measure
• Marker
• Spirit level
• Quick-set concrete
• High-strength landscape construction adhesive

For you to know

The legs need to be set in the ground so the finished seat is 450mm high.

Here's how

Step 1

Clear the garden bed of all debris. Here, all the pebbles were removed and reserved for later use. Rake over soil to roughly level it.

Step 2

Choose the bench seat location in the bed, then measure 2 points about 60-70cm apart and mark the centre points for the leg positions.

Step 3

Dig holes for legs about 250mm deep.

Step 4

Position seat legs in holes and check tops are level with each other.

Step 5

Pour quick-set concrete and water into holes around legs. Leave concrete to set.

Step 6

Apply adhesive to top of legs, keeping it away from the edges.

Step 7

Carefully lower sandstone capping onto legs, making sure it is centred. Let adhesive set.

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