Custom Egg Chair Covers

What This Is A custom egg chair cover is a waterproof cover made to measure for your chair, not picked off a shelf in whichever set size comes closest. An egg chair is the one piece of garden furniture that almost never comes in. Few people carry a big, bulky pod and its tall steel stand inside at the end of the evening, so it sits out through every night and every winter. That is what the cover is made for. For everything else in the garden, browse our patio furniture and leisure covers. Verified Purchase Does not last “Lasted 1 year and 1 month. Now fell in half.” Read the full review Why Do Universal Egg Chair Covers Never Fit Right? Shop-bought egg chair covers usually come in a handful of sizes: a single, a double, maybe a medium or large. Each size has to fit the biggest chair it's sold for, so on most chairs there's fabric to spare. On a chair nearly two metres tall, spare fabric is a sail. Wind gets behind it and it fills, and the cover rocks the pod on its chain. The drawstring at the bottom is there to pull the cover in at the base. On a cover that is too long, it gathers on the patio instead, holding nothing. Which is how one reviewer's egg chair cover went, a little over a year in: worked loose, then torn. Give it one more windy night and it ends up in a heap round the base of the stand. What Does an Egg Chair Cover Protect Against? The woven pod copes with rain on its own. The cushion doesn't. What wears an egg chair out is damp in the cushion, sun on the weave, and rust on the steel that holds it up. Rain Through the Opening The pod is open at the front, and rain blows straight in onto the seat. The curve that shelters your back does nothing for the cushion underneath you. Cushion Mildew The cushion is the part of an egg chair that soaks up water. It stays damp long after the weave has dried, and a damp cushion is where mildew gets its start. Sun on the Weave Sun dries out the resin weave until the strands go brittle and snap. It fades the cushion too, where it sits in the opening the pod cannot shade. Rust on the Stand The steel stand and its chain are out in every shower. Rust starts at the welds and wherever the powder coat has chipped, then runs down the paint in streaks. Dirt in the Weave Grime and run-off from the trees settle into the weave and the cushion fabric. Left out over a season, it sets in and stops washing out. Birds The arch of the stand is a perch sitting right above the pod. What birds leave runs down the weave and onto the cushion, and it stains once it dries. Which Egg Chair Do You Have? Which Egg Chair Do You Have? Start with the instant quote tool at the top of this page: pick the shape that looks most like your egg chair, and its measuring guide appears straight away, so you only measure what that shape needs. Can't find one that matches? Contact us with a photo and your measurements and we will design a cover around it. Hanging Egg Chairs A woven pod hung on a chain from a curved steel stand. The guide measures the pod: its width, depth and height, and the width of the front opening. The cover can fit the pod alone or go over the pod and stand to the ground; say which in the notes when you order. Standing Egg Chairs One curved shell, open at the front, standing on four legs, a swivel base or a round base of its own. The guide measures the width and depth of the shell, its height from the floor, and the width and height of the opening. The cover follows the curve of the shell instead of sitting on top of it. Double Egg Chairs A two-seat pod, wider than it is deep, hung on two chains from a double-arm stand. Send us a photo along with the width, depth and height of the pod, and we will design the cover to fit the pod alone or the pod and stand together. What Happens to an Uncovered Egg Chair? An uncovered egg chair rarely looks ruined from across the lawn. You find out when you sit in it. Mouldy Cushion Rusted Frame Brittle Weave Faded Cushion Dust and Dirt Bird Fouling How Is This Egg Chair Cover Different? 01 Sized to Your Chair We work from the measurements you give us: the pod and its opening, plus the stand if the cover is going to the ground. You see the design before anything is cut, and nothing goes into production until you have approved it. See how the design service works. 02 100% Waterproof, Down to the Seams A cover is only as waterproof as its seams. Ours carry HydroLok® sealed seams, stitched and then sealed on the inside so water cannot seep through along the stitch line. NylonSafe® is a premium waterproof fabric for home and light commercial use. PVCArmour® is heavy-duty, made for open, exposed gardens and commercial sites. Compare the two fabrics. 03 Gathered In at the Base Made to length, the hem finishes where it should: under the pod, or round the foot of the stand. The standard tie-down is a drawstring hem, pulled in tight at that point. For an open, windy garden, pick a stronger one instead: eyelets to tie it down, or snap buckles that fasten round the stand. See all the tie-down options. 04 Built to Stay Out Airflow vents let damp out from under the cover, so moisture can escape instead of sitting against the cushion. EZ handles, grab handles built into the vent structure, make it quick to pull off on a sunny afternoon. Both fabrics are UV-stabilised, and the cover is reinforced at the fixing points, where the strain falls. A duffel bag holds the cover when it is off. See all the built-in features. When Do You Need a Custom Egg Chair Cover? Not every egg chair needs one. It depends on where the chair spends the winter and what its cushions cost to replace. Focused on Longevity This cover is right for you if: Your egg chair stays out in the garden for the whole season, or all year round A universal egg chair cover has already blown off, or you have found its hem lying on the patio The chair and its cushions cost enough that you would rather protect them than replace them Focused on Immediacy You don't need this if: Your egg chair lives in a conservatory or under a solid roof You unhook the pod and store it indoors every winter You want something over it this weekend and any cover that roughly fits will do