We were originally planning to have a granite shower seat in one corner of our new shower. However, after doing some reading on the challenges with granite – and its annoying habit of freezing your tushy off if you sit on it – I decided against that. But we still wanted a seat in our shower. I remembered a visit we once made to Ventana, on California's Big Sur coast, and how much we liked the shower there. It was all rock, with a teak bench – so I started looking and found the one above. Except for one little problem, I love that bench.
You can see the problem in the left-hand photo below. The cross-members that hold the seat on exactly match two of the rows of square holes (you can see one of these: the second row of holes from the top) – and when I take a shower, they fill up with water. That water then just sits there for hours, until it soaks into the wood. That's not good for the long-term condition of the bench.
Upon investigating, I discovered that the edge of the cross-member, on the outside edge (top in the photos) extended just 1/10" or less past the edge of the hole. That gave me an opportunity to drill some nearly hidden short holes at a 45° angle to provide a drain. This proved to be very easy to do (right hand photo below), and in short order I had the problem fixed. Yay!
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