PRODUCT INFO 
Delivery
Chairs normally arrive at your door within 2 working days of receipt of your payment in the North Island, 3 days in the South Island. This can be slower in peak times like the last couple of weeks up until Christmas. South Island delivery times can be less reliable
at times.
We use Fastway Couriers who will deliver to your door or pass on to your Rural Post contractor if you live in the country. The
couriers prefer to have someone home to accept delivery but will leave in a specified place only if we write instructions on the
packages.
Prices are shown on the shop page.
Dimensions
Connoisseur Cape Cod Chair 
| Seat width: | 545mm |
| Total width: | 815mm |
| Total height: | 1000mm |
| Total length: | 900mm |
| Kit size: | 900x320x150mm |
| Approx. weight: | 13kg |
Foot Rest 
| Retractable Footrest | Attaches to chair |
| Length: | 650mm |
| Width: | 500mm |
| Height: | 140mm |
| Kit size: | 650x140x120mm |
| Approx. weight: | 2kg |
Side Table 
| Length: | 900mm |
| Width: | 560mm |
| Height: | 440mm |
| Kit size: | 920x200x150mm |
| Approx. weight: | 8kg |
Round Table 
| Diameter: | 900mm |
| Height: | 440mm |
| Kit size: | 920x200x150mm |
| Approx. weight: | 9kg |
Assembly
Assembly of Garden Pine Design furniture is quite straight forward but requires a fair number of stainless steel screws to be wound in so with each kit we supply a square drive bit for a cordless drill or driver. Square drive screws are very user friendly and all the holes are pre drilled. The instructions are comprehensive and have photos of each stage of assembly.
Painting Tips
Treated pine will resist rots and insect damage for many years but if
left unprotected in full weather will discolour and develop surface cracks
(called checking) caused by swelling in the rain and drying too quickly
under fierce sun. This happens to all timber to varying degrees. This
is why we recommend painting. Oil stains retain the more natural look but
we wouldn't recommend this option unless under a veranda or similar the
oil will need replenishing frequently.
Acrylic paints require much less maintenance, are easily applied and
wash up in water. They are also flexible so won't crack or peel when
the timber swells slightly. Be sure to use good quality paints. They
can be tinted to hundreds of colours from bold and bright to the more
conservative creams and white. Lighter colours reflect the heat from
the sun better so last much better unless in a shady situation. Most
colours will achieve good coverage with two coats (approx. 500ml per
chair), although some colours are more see through and might need one
more coat. Paint manufacturers recommend priming with preferably an oil
based wood primer as they seal better. Apparently there are good sealing
acrylic primers available today too but whichever you use be sure to
give them a healthy coat especially on the end grains of the timber
where the water can get in easily. Tinting the primer to suit your
top colour can help with coverage. Your paint supplier should be able
to help there. Customers often ask me whether to paint before or after
assembly. I only paint after assembly because I spray paint for local
customers and this is easier than having parts lying around drying and
touching up after screwing together. However, if brush painting, there
may be some advantage in a little pre painting, but be sure not to paint
over the pencil guide marks for helping assembly. You could score a mark
over the pencil lines with a nail or screwdiver edge so you can see them
through the paint. They won't be noticeable after assembly Personally I would
assemble first and leave off or remove the bottom curved support board
to paint between the bottom of the back boards as this is the trickiest
part to get a brush into.
Mould
Mould can show up, especially in the winter but is easily removed
with chlorine(sodium hypochlorite) based bleaches like Janola or Exit Mould. There
are many types available and will work within minutes. They can be used
in quite strong concentrations but should be washed off after a few minutes
when the mould has gone. They can start to bleach some paint tints if
really concentrated and left too long. If you are worried you could test
it out of sight underneath a chair or table.
About Pine
New Zealand has some of the largest plantations of Radiata Pine in the
southern hemisphere so providing Connoisseur Chairs with a reliable consistent
supply of quality timber from a renewable resource (i.e. not damaging
rain forests). Our timber comes from the pruned base of the tree and
so is the oldest, strongest and knot free part of the tree. Pine has
many advantages and some disadvantages over other timbers. Advantages
include: eco friendly renewable resource, consistent supply, easily worked
so it planes to a nice finish and is unlikely to split when screwed,
absorbent so is easily treated, painted or stained. The disadvantages
are that it needs treatment to deter insects and rots and swells when
wet more than most timbers. This can lead to surface checking (cracks)
if unprotected in full weather. This happens to varying degree in all
timbers and is why we recommend painting the furniture.
All our furniture is LOSP pressure treated to H3 standard. The product
we use is Osmose Protim Optimum.
See www.osmose.com.au/Osmose-protim-optimum.htm
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