Tinpot Alley

I know, you get one little iddy biddy bit of sun and the same old advice is hauled out year after year. Well there’s probably a damned good reason for it, but considering things are sweltering at the moment it might be wise to remind you what to do with your stainless steel planters.

Imagine how toasty these beggars’ll get when the sun comes out!

The problem with stainless steel is that it conducts heat terribly well and can dry out a root system in no time at all. It’s also obviously a bigger problem with smaller than larger planters.

Subsequently, it’s not the daftest of ideas (if you’ve planted your planter) to move them into the shade at the warmest parts of the day. Or, you can just fill them with stones and what not for a while.

There’s only the hexagonal planters that come with a plastic plantpot liner that’s thick enough for you not to really worry about the heat. Other than that just keep your eye on them and everything should be alright.

Alright?

Following on from those zintec planters we fabricated for down London way, here’s a few pictures of the same planters at the painting shop prior to them being dispatched. It just so happened that the client wanted them filing cabinet grey but we can do them whatever darn colour you wish.

Three planters close-up

Here’s what one of the corners look like.

Here’s the full order nicely contained in a bit of bubble wrap.

As you can see, there’s quite a difference between the look of the planters prior and post painting.

Here’s those pictures I promised of those seats once they’d come back from being painted:

Upside down.

Back to front.

Here’s John modelling a mild steel seat that we’re fabricating five off for a company in the Midlands.

They’re made made from 16mm mild steel and have yet to be finished/painted in copper/black. The little cross-pieces sticking out at the bottom are the bits that are to be sunk into some concrete and the curved bit is the actual front of the seat where you little legs dangle.

We had to get the bending done by Barnshaws in Manchester as 16mm is a bit on the thick side for us to do in-house. Hopefully, we’ll have some more pictures once they’re painted and a few more once they’ve been installed.

For the time being you can root around in the gallery to see some more pictures if that’s what you’d like to do.

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You’ll get an overall idea of the type of metalwork we do ranging from stainless steel, rusted and painted metal planters to more ornate and complicated bespoke metalwork for modern interiors and exteriors.

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