I'm assuming the wedges are solid and do not need to be filled with water/sand. Is that correct?
1491607
Yes. No need to fill with anything. I'm not sure what it's made of, but it's heavy as cement!It looks very nice too.
1491608
Yes, that is correct. They are solid. We had to return ours only because they did not fit with the umbrella we bought. The winds are too strong on our high rise balcony to have an umbrella at all so we returned both. This base however was really nice, sturdy, & beautiful. Even nicer than pictured. I highly recommend as long as you know your umbrella brand will work with it.
1491609
Yes they are solid and heavy, but have a carry handle built in. u need 4 for 1 umbrella base.
349814
Yes. You need to fill the base with water or sand. We bought ours in September and it's the same exact style and brand from my son's Tae Kwon Do school where there are many amazing black belts who practice on this equipment every day.
246392
Yes................. I didn't use any sand!You have to help it in but it eventually goes down and the top side comes up! :-)
1836745
I doubt that you can. It would surely not be recommended but, I guess if you drilled hole in enough places to allow water inside the steps, they would be easier to keep down. This probably will effect the integrity of the steps and I would not do it. I used the sand and it made my steps very stable.
579111
It's completely solid, not sure why you would need drain holes, out sits on the patios just between to chairs, very stable
1640877
I can't say for sure about "footers", as it does have somewhat of an edge on each foot so that it won't sink right in. Our soil here is like a rock, so nothing was needed here, except for big nails to put through the holes on the feet to keep it from blowing around in our big winds.
468939
The wheels are not wide. If sand is packed hard yes, if not probably less easy.
1656989
I only put sand on one side but either side is built to play and hold sand and/or water. I went through one bag this summer filling up one side over and over again. So doing both sides it would probably take less than 1/4 of a bag to initially fill it.
266497
Yes. We filled our 's with water just in case we wanted to move it later. But they suggest filling it with either sand or water.
1436993
Yes. Comes with instructions on how to fill with sand and bricks if desired.
1796459
Yes, absolutely. When it comes, you have to put it together, The top piece and the 4 legs. Just pull the legs back off and stick it all back in the box. I bought two of these, one for my daughters house and one for mine. My daughter's doesn't have the sand section. We just use both sides with water instead of buying sand at my house.
884584
I haven't tried it yet, seems feasible...would have to keep wedges on the small size I think!
2230294
I did not even use any sand, water or rocks with this board. It is heavy enough to withstand the wind. I never had it blow over even in storms. IF you want to use something, I would use fine sand and use a funnel to get it into the holes, but seriously it withstood lots of wind in N AZ just fine.
847018
It depends on what you fill the base with. It's supposed to be filled with sand and water, but if the base gets cracked, it'll cause a huge mess.
818105
There is a floor covering for this. You would not be sitting directly on sand.
1847995
No cushioning, just plastic, but when filled with water it's not a problem.
1836747
You have to use sand. The stairs are very buoyant. Water will fill in the stairs but its not enough to keep them down. I used about 70 pounds of sand and it could if used some more. I will put more in next summer