copyright 2008 Mark Kelly
I built this bench this summer for a residence in Detroit. The top block is salt & pepper granite — one piece that I hand picked out of pieces sold as step units.
The legs are two seperate pieces, each chiseled to shape and then epoxied together.
The top is epoxied to the legs. I used landscape block adhesive for the expoxy.
Each leg rests on a 10″ deep compacted base of 21AA gravel footings, with sand between the gravel and legs for leveling.
The bench was placed inside a 6′ x 5′ landscape garden bed. It is mulch that you can see beneath the bench.
The price of a custom built bench depends on the material, the size and the location of its placement.
My benches run from 500$ to 1500$.
