I used to have a tilting parasol but when I redesigned my garden I found that it didn't really work with the garden. I have to admit I think that it looked better than it actually was in terms of practicality. It does get blown all over the place. I used to have mine in the centre of a table which helped in some ways but it still moved when I didn't want it to and didn't give decent coverage. I gave that to my neighbour who has used it without the table and has inside a couple of weeks found that its not that much use because of its constant moving. I had one before that was bigger and that one would at times blow over even with the table around it taking the table over with is. That one didn't last at all. I now have an arbour and high planting this does the job well but I doubt that this is the solution that you are looking for. Perhaps you could concrete in a ground socket for it. It would stabilise in one way at least, but would take 6 to 8 inches off of the overall height, if the ground socket was protruding above the ground you could engineer the set up to have a pin running through the socket and the parasol base, this could stop it from spinning but may have a detrimental effect on the structure. However using such a solution would somewhat limit the range of adjustment that you would have. Happy hunting
I must say, having looked at these, as it were, from a fresh angle, I now think the terrace is too small and narrow to have one of the big cantilever angled umbrellas I was hankering over. It's also used as a walkway from the side of the house down to the front garden as OH occasionally takes the lawnmower down that way. I'm not sure I could persuade him a pergola is the way to go either, although the wisteria could be trained up and over it. The terrace itself is hollow underneath as it was originally built as a coal store, although unfortunately not high enough to stand upright in it.
We have one of the canterlevered ones and honestly I wish I had never been talked into it. Least bit of a breeze and he yells at me to put it down, even thought we have 60 kilos of concrete ballast slabs, also if it is up in a breeze it sways and creaks so much I spend all my time worrying about it rather than enjoying the garden.
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Maybe make a pergola and larger seating area on the lower level? Big enough for a table for 6 or so for when you have friends and family over? Keep the grass or pave over depending on budget and love of mowing or not.
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Thanks @Jacquimcmahon, I think your experience has persuaded me not to get one, we have more windy days here than not. @Obelixx, thanks for that, worth a thought perhaps. We have had family gatherings on the lawn before although it's rather a pain carrying things up and down the steps.
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I must say, having looked at these, as it were, from a fresh angle, I now think the terrace is too small and narrow to have one of the big cantilever angled umbrellas I was hankering over. It's also used as a walkway from the side of the house down to the front garden as OH occasionally takes the lawnmower down that way. I'm not sure I could persuade him a pergola is the way to go either, although the wisteria could be trained up and over it. The terrace itself is hollow underneath as it was originally built as a coal store, although unfortunately not high enough to stand upright in it.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
@Obelixx, thanks for that, worth a thought perhaps. We have had family gatherings on the lawn before although it's rather a pain carrying things up and down the steps.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw