Need a way to store a patio umbrella horizontally on wooden fence when not in use.

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June 30, 2022, 12:34 PM

220-9er

Need a way to store a patio umbrella horizontally on wooden fence when not in use.

I'd get a pair of these straps and you can use much smaller hooks to hang them by the handles than if the hooks are large enough hold the umbrella.
These come in different lengths.
Just be careful when you first open and handle the umbrella after storage as wasps seem to like them. Maybe a waterproof bag. I learned the hard way.

https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Ca...y-Duty/dp/B07PGLDXJX

June 30, 2022, 01:49 PM

Lefty Sig

After a little while with a patio sun umbrella in middle Indiana, I realized that it was not really an umbrella.

It was a sail. Quite a good sail considering how much I had to chase after it.

June 30, 2022, 03:50 PM

wrightd

Ha !

July 03, 2022, 09:57 AM

Knezz

quote:
Originally posted by HRK:
Build a couple of mounts out of the same wood as the fence, then it will look like it was designed to be part of the fence from the get go...

Thank you all for the suggestions. They are much appreciated.!!!!

This wasn't to store the umbrella outside after the season. It is to temporary store the umbrella while the car is in the space. Once the car is out and we with to use the space as a court yard to sit out or entertain, I can easily set it up.

I think will give the above a try. I just need to make the wood bracket deep enough to house the umbrella and not too wide. If need be, I can add straps to secure against wind.

Regards,
K. Nezz

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July 03, 2022, 09:58 AM

Knezz

quote:
Originally posted by Knezz:
quote:
Originally posted by HRK:
Build a couple of mounts out of the same wood as the fence, then it will look like it was designed to be part of the fence from the get go...

Thank you all for the suggestions. They are much appreciated.!!!!

This wasn't to store the umbrella outside after the season. It is to temporary store the umbrella while the car is in the space. Once the car is out and we wish to use the space as a court yard to sit out or entertain, I can easily set it up.

I think will give the above a try. I just need to make the wood bracket deep enough to house the umbrella and not too wide. If need be, I can add straps to secure against wind.

Regards,
K. Nezz

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"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion." *Gen. W. Thornson*

July 03, 2022, 07:52 PM

357fuzz

I have used, with great success, those galvanized steel “C” type books w/ the “rubberey” covers over the “C” part of the hooks for a couple years to hold our collapsed umbrella and our pool vacuum pole. I screwed them under our bedroom window which is a bay type window and extends from the house. It is the backyard a few steps from the pool and the deck where the umbrella is used. It is out of the way for mowing and yard work and is secured during midwest thunderstorms.

July 08, 2022, 08:48 PM

MikeinNC

Just as an aside, my dad is still working in the sewage field…over the 4th I was there visiting and he told me the green PVC you see used for fresh water or sewage removal is $20 a foot. OUCH… plus it’s ruined by UV, so you would have to spray paint it.

Wood is the way to go.

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