Where to get garden bench centre straps

[MikeHandyDIY]

I just restored a garden bench but can't find centre strap (marked in the attached pic). Tried Googling but no luck. Does anyone know where I can find them?

 

[HERTS P&D]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16491466...MIhIDJ6qmT8wIVjN_tCh0xDgeFEAQYBSABEgIuIfD_BwE

Andy

 

[Burnerman]

Its only thin mild steel bar.....dead easy to drill and bend, if you have a vice (or a strong knee).
B&Q and similar have the steel strip, its around 2 to 2 1/2mm thick.
John

 

[HERTS P&D]

Wickes also sell mild steel.

https://www.wickes.co.uk/search?text=flat+bar

Andy

 

[MikeHandyDIY]

Thanks all for inputs. I do have the flat bar but undrilled, I was being cheeky to find if I can get like for like drilled replacement somewhere

 

[HERTS P&D]

You can, in my first post.

Andy

 

[scbk]

Not as pretty, but would do:

https://www.toolstation.com/galvanised-banding/p17510

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Thanks all for inputs. I do have the flat bar but undrilled, I was being cheeky to find if I can get like for like drilled replacement somewhere

The holes are not evenly spaced, so how can you buy it ready made? I needed some a few years ago, for a similar bench I was refurbing - I just used some thin, easy to bend, mild steel. I just bent it roughly to the profile, marked where the slats were and drilled it.

 

[foxhole]

You could use aluminium, easier to bend and drill and can’t rust.