Help me pick an outdoor umbrella stand

[stevej37]

[jyl]

Originally Posted by masraum

Genius! I'd go with 2 pieces of pipe, one flush with the ground that you could put some sort of rubber/plastic cap in to keep stuff out of the hole when the other pipe was not in the ground. Then a piece of pipe that would fit inside that one that the umbrella would go into (most umbrellas aren't tall enough to go a couple of feet down into the ground, I think).

Oooo much better idea

Dixie, do it!

Neither your scuzzy neighbor nor the next storm will lift a pipe embedded in the ground.

[911 Rod]

I mounted my umbrella to an aluminum plate, and then mounted the plate to the end of my 50 ft. dock. The wind still found it's weakest link and created havoc.
They need to be taken down when you have forecasted heavy winds.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by stevej37

That was what came to mind when I read the thread title. I thought "what a weird request."

[masraum]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

I mounted my umbrella to an aluminum plate, and then mounted the plate to the end of my 50 ft. dock. The wind still found it's weakest link and created havoc.
They need to be taken down when you have forecasted heavy winds.

Dixie and her umbrella in the next big storm

[NY65912]

I made this patio umbrella stand about 20 years ago.
It stays outdoors all year long. Made it from scrap 2205 stainless steel that I had laying around from a water treatment plant project. The plate is 1" x 12" x 12" and the pipe is 1 1/2" . Probably weighs around 50 lbs.