Spruce up your garden with this product made from quality Canadian hemlock with a rich oil-based stain. Great for most pathways, this design provides a stunning backdrop for all of your climbing plants. All of the required hardware is included for this easy-to-assemble arbor.
- Material: Wood
- Mounting / Installation Type: Staked into ground
- Level of Assembly: Partial Assembly
Here is how the forest service describes the wood this arbor is made from, "The wood of eastern hemlock is moderately light in weight, moderately hard, coarse grained, uneven in texture, and inclined to splinter when machined. Although moderately low in bending strength and shock resistance, eastern hemlock can be used in construction for light framing, sheathing, subflooring, and roofing. It is much used in the manufacture of boxes, crates, pallets, and as paper pulp for newsprint and other low quality papers."
This soft wood is not hardy and does not weather well.
Knowing this, I began by sanding the pieces of the arbor before putting on a better protective coating. I found a number of spots that had been filled with white filler putty (see photo).. Richard. . 2022-02-28 18:45:05