Composite Planter Bench Covers — Butte, MT

A Butte homeowner had brick planters wrapping the back patio with nothing on top of them. Rough brick, open to the weather, and nobody sat on them. We built composite decking caps for every run: glued and screwed up on sawhorses in the yard, mitered around the corners and the columns, then fastened down with a finished edge board so no cut ends show. Now they are benches. No splinters, no staining every other year, and the covers keep water out of the top of the brick, which is what cracks mortar joints when it freezes. A small job that changed how the whole patio gets used.

Brick patio planters in Butte, MT: in progress on top, finished composite bench covers below
Finished composite decking cap on a brick planter wall along the front of a Butte, Montana home
Side view of the composite planter bench cap with a trim board hiding the cut ends, Butte, MT
Composite bench top on the patio planter next to the grill, Butte, Montana
Finished corner of the composite planter bench cover, Butte, MT
Composite bench covers on brick planters around a covered patio in Butte, Montana
Planter bench covers in progress on the patio side of the house, Butte, MT
Bench cover build in progress at the patio corner, Butte, MT
Composite decking boards glued and clamped on sawhorses before being set on the planter wall
Composite decking detail on the planter bench cover, Butte, MT
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