Safety Features to Check Before Buying a Playset

Vinyl covered pressure-treated wood:

The safest swing sets and play sets are those made out of strong, sturdy wood but the wood being completely covered by a vinyl sheath makes all the difference in the world. This covering avoids splinters in little hands and fingers and, more importantly, it protects the wood from wind, rain, sun and snow, making it last a whole lot longer than a regular wooden set.

No rotting wood:

A play set made out of exposed wood will inevitably start to rot after a time of being exposed to the elements, especially water. As the rot and mold start to spread, the frame becomes more frail and could eventually collapse under your child’s weight. Again, vinyl covered wood beams and frames avoids this problem.

 

Rubber-coated swing chains:

Safe swing sets always protect little hands and fingers by having their chains covered in rubber which makes them easy to hold, they don’t slip and they prevent kids from pinching their fingers in chain links or get blisters from their skin rubbing against the metal chains.

 

 

Non-slip surfaces:

When kids are having fun, they can be running around without stopping to consider safety issues and any surface that is slippery can become a hazard for them. A top-quality play set should always have non-slip ladders and gangplanks to ensure safe climbing up or down. Railings on the ladders are important, too, for extra safe climbing.

Strong fasteners and swing hangers:

Any play set should be able to handle kids on them, with all their active moves. In most cases, budget playsets are not fastened securely enough because wooden lags are used to connect the swing beams and these only penetrate halfway into the beam, making them unstable and therefore, unsafe. Adventure World Play Sets are built using bolted-through bolts and steel angles and fasteners. The best, strongest and safest swing hangers are made of heavy-duty steel since they can provide high swinging without the fear of the swing coming off.

 

Ground anchors:

Safety requires you to make sure that the spot you have picked for your play set is nice and level, and once the set is in place, the equipment must be secured using solid ground anchors; our playsets include two ground anchors per swing beam, which will guarantee that the play set will not tip over in strong winds or when a particularly daring child swings high.