Plastic teak patio chairs

Plastic teak is plastic with the look of teak, and the listing says so plainly. These 18 chairs share one seat material, plastic teak, set on aluminum or metal frames, and all are listed for patio use. Five are for covered patios only. Check that line before you picture a chair at the open end of the terrace.

Teak look, plastic seat

The material line reads plastic teak, so take it as plastic with a teak look, not as teak wood. All 18 chairs share that seat. Frames are listed as aluminum on 10 chairs and metal on six. Why does the word matter? Because what you wipe, rinse and store belongs to the material on the page, not to the photograph.

Five of them want a roof

Every chair here is listed for patio use, and five carry a covered-patio-only note. That means a roof, an awning or a deep overhang above the chair itself, not merely above the next table over. The other 13 carry no such note, but they still want a hosing, a day to drain, and a cover or a corner of the storeroom when the season closes.

Picture the open end of the terrace in an August thunderstorm. Which chairs sit there? If one of the five covered-only chairs is in the plan for that corner, move it under the awning or choose a different chair. Seventeen of the 18 are also listed for indoor use.

Width, arms and the stack

Nine chairs have arms and nine are stackable, though not necessarily the same nine, so read each line. Eight chairs list a seat height, four at 18 inches and four at 17 3/4.

Widths vary a lot. An aluminum patio chair at $108 lists 16 1/4 inches wide, 21 3/4 deep and 34 1/4 tall. A metal patio chair lists 22 inches wide, 22 deep and 34 tall. Put eight of the narrow ones in a row and you use 130 inches of wall; eight of the wide ones take 176. That is a difference of almost four feet, enough to cost you a table. Single chairs start around $88.

Tables to match, and the materials page

Pairing chairs with tables? Plastic teak patio tables carry the same look. For frames without the teak look, try aluminum and steel patio chairs. The widest choice sits under patio chairs, and the materials page is the place to read up on frames and finishes. Mark the covered-only chairs in your patio plans so the note travels with the layout.