bubbaray
05-09-2010, 03:22 PM
Update:
Well, leave it to the menfolk to actually figure this one out.
DH's friend suggested that he cut a piece of plywood to fit and either have the kids cover it with hand prints or paint it with black chalkboard paint. We chose the black chalkboard paint. It looks pretty good, even without any chalk drawings on it. The kids are excited that they will be able to write "placenames" when the ILs come over to visit.
Anyway, just wanted to pass this along in case anyone else needs to replace a glass patio table top!
ETA: he used pretty thin plywood and used AutoCAD at work and a large plotter to get the dimensions exact. Frankly, I think he could have put the table upside down and traced inside with a pencil, but he needed to do it "his" way. LOL
Melissa
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We have an outdoor patio table similar to this:
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/2/OutdoorLiving/5/TheOutdoorRoom/ExoticFurniture/PRD~0880490P/High%252BPatio%252BTable%25252C%252BOsaka%252BColl ection.jsp?locale=en
DH left it outside over the winter and the glass insert shattered. To replace just the glass would be about $200. Plexiglass would be about $150. DH wants to just buy a new table, which I think is wasteful. I suggested he cut a piece of wood and tile it. He says he can't because (unlike the table linked to) ours is not a pure rectangle, its rather oval in parts (though it does have corners like a rectangle). He says its too hard to cut tile to fit the table shape.
Any ideas?
Well, leave it to the menfolk to actually figure this one out.
DH's friend suggested that he cut a piece of plywood to fit and either have the kids cover it with hand prints or paint it with black chalkboard paint. We chose the black chalkboard paint. It looks pretty good, even without any chalk drawings on it. The kids are excited that they will be able to write "placenames" when the ILs come over to visit.
Anyway, just wanted to pass this along in case anyone else needs to replace a glass patio table top!
ETA: he used pretty thin plywood and used AutoCAD at work and a large plotter to get the dimensions exact. Frankly, I think he could have put the table upside down and traced inside with a pencil, but he needed to do it "his" way. LOL
Melissa
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We have an outdoor patio table similar to this:
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/2/OutdoorLiving/5/TheOutdoorRoom/ExoticFurniture/PRD~0880490P/High%252BPatio%252BTable%25252C%252BOsaka%252BColl ection.jsp?locale=en
DH left it outside over the winter and the glass insert shattered. To replace just the glass would be about $200. Plexiglass would be about $150. DH wants to just buy a new table, which I think is wasteful. I suggested he cut a piece of wood and tile it. He says he can't because (unlike the table linked to) ours is not a pure rectangle, its rather oval in parts (though it does have corners like a rectangle). He says its too hard to cut tile to fit the table shape.
Any ideas?