When starting to enjoy your terrace and patio don’t forget that glass and china don’t mix well with hard, tiled surfaces! Small slivers of glass are very difficult to see and, in a recreational area where both adults and children often walk barefoot, injuries are all too common.
Even more difficult to manage is a breakage where debris falls into the pool! Almost impossible to totally recover with any confidence, the only sure solution is to drain the pool, clean and refill. The time, cost and plain inconvenience of this is considerable, and so easily avoided!
Plastic glasses and tableware used to have a really poor reputation. They were ugly and unpleasant to use. But things have changed! There is a whole new range of stylish, shatter-proof glasses and tableware available. Sure, it isn’t quite like glass or crystal but knock one off of the table and, when it bounces, the relief is immense!
Prices range from very reasonable to more expensive and the claims made by different brands vary also. So the choice is to pay more and hope they last and look good long enough to merit the premium price, or take the less expensive version and be prepared to replace them as required.
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