Set up climbing frames correctly for the garden

Before you release climbing frames in the garden as a playground for your children, you should have tested extensively whether they cannot fall over even when they are rioting.

Set up the climbing frames so that they are stable

• When purchasing climbing frames, you should make sure that they have the GS mark for "tested safety".
• Before you buy, think about a suitable location. For safety reasons, particular attention should be paid to the floor surface and a possible height of fall from the scaffolding. The higher the scaffolding and therefore your children can fall off the climbing frame, the softer the surface should be.
• With a maximum fall height of one meter, natural soil with grass will be sufficient, otherwise there should be sand around the climbing frames.
• As an alternative, you could put so-called fall protection mats around the climbing equipment, as they are often found next to play structures in the city.
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• Different climbing frames have to be set up differently on the ground, some also need deep anchoring in the ground so that they cannot tip over.
• It will usually make sense to set up the climbing frames in the garden so that you can see them from the house.

Avoid further risk of injury in the garden

• The climbing frames should also be constructed or be assembled so that the screws are completely countersunk in the wood so that your children cannot injure themselves.
• All corners should also be rounded or provided with protective caps.
• When considering how your children could injure themselves on the monkey bars and how you can prevent this you should always assume that children develop very boisterous and imaginative games can.
• If your children play on the monkey bars in the garden, you should not wear necklaces or the like, with which they could in the worst case strangle themselves.

Building a simple climbing frame in the garden

If you want to set up a simple climbing frame in the garden that does not have to be specially anchored in the ground, you can proceed as follows:

1. Find a suitable place in the garden or prepare the floor so that it is level. Perhaps you need to pour some earth or remove some earth from another.
2. Spread or Sand or bark mulch from under the climbing frame on the ground where the children could fall while playing to minimize the risk of injury.
3. Before setting up, check that all parts have been delivered complete.
4. If the holes for the screws are not pre-drilled, you will have to drill them yourself in the appropriate places.
5. Then screw the individual parts of the frame tightly together and check the stability before you let your children play on it.
6. After one to two weeks "in use" you should retighten the screws.
7. Also in the following period, check regularly whether the scaffolding is still secure (e.g. after heavy rain which has softened the ground) and that individual screws have not loosened.

Climbing frames for the garden are a great opportunity for children to let off steam to their hearts' content. However, they should also be so sure that no serious accident can happen.