When selecting play equipment for your family to enjoy in your back yard of the house a primary worry for many caring parents is safety and how they can go about limiting the possibility for accidents. For some toys such as a cubby house won’t need too much safety thought as they are relatively safe pits of apparatus and there is no risk from falling or moving parts as they tend to be positioned on the ground. As a generally rule though, the majority of these tips can be applied to all equipment that you have in your garden for your children to play on.

 

When looking at buying a wooden bit of apparatus like climbing frames of swing sets then you will want to make sure that the item has a 10 year guarantee that covers all rot and insect infection. Pressure treated timber is also highly recommended as it will help to prevent fungal infection, a non-toxic chromium / cadmium / arsenic solution will be safe for your kids and wont kill them.. Generally any wooden structure that you are buying for your kids should be solid, go for climbing frames with substantial timber sections and make sure that the wood is finished without any sharp edges and that nuts and bolts are recessed.

 

Checking over the equipment regularly is also important, check for instability and parts that are going to perish or rust. Positioning the apparatus in the correct position will also help to keep your kids safe, swings will need about 2.5 meter of clearance both back and front. To prevent your kids from gaining access to undesirable areas, climbing frames and trampolines should be positioned carefully with at least 3 meters of clearance around them to prevent further climbing opportunities . Finally, make sure you lay down some ground rules for your children and make it very clear that if they break the rules they won’t be able to play on the equipment.

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