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pickles16
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Putting up a swing set
Did anyone put down anything around the actual swing set like rubber mulch or just left it grass??? Just curious if there is anything no too expensive to put down that is safe.
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Re: Putting up a swing set
We are having a swingset installed in 6-8 weeks... LOL
Anyway - to answer your question the rubber mulch is expensive - Its like $850 yard for a 17x30 swingset you need 2 yards and then those rubber bumper thingys thats another $1200 - all together it was just under $4k....
CRAZY....
so for me I am doing nothing this year - DD is only going to be 1 years old end of april so she really wont be ruining the grass - Next year I will have to think og something...
GOOD LUCK
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| Posted 3/5/10 8:26 AM |
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pickles16
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Re: Putting up a swing set
thanks....I did see that rubber mulch was ridiculously expensive...I was hoping there was something else out there
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| Posted 3/5/10 8:38 AM |
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Chatham-Chick
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Re: Putting up a swing set
We have wood mulch.
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| Posted 3/5/10 8:42 AM |
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lullabella
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Re: Putting up a swing set
In our old house we used wood mulch and I hated it, very inexpensive but soo dirty. For the new house we are getting really small gravel.
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| Posted 3/5/10 9:11 AM |
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Faithx2
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Re: Putting up a swing set
We did rubber mats under ours it was great for the summer but once the high winds started not too great  So this year we are doing turf.
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| Posted 3/5/10 9:47 AM |
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pickles16
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Re: Putting up a swing set
Posted by OneOfEach
We did rubber mats under ours it was great for the summer but once the high winds started not too great So this year we are doing turf.
what kind of rubber mats???
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| Posted 3/5/10 9:50 AM |
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Faithx2
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Re: Putting up a swing set
The indoor/outdoor gym type interlocking mats that BJ's/Costco sells. I think it cost us $100 to pad under the set 
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| Posted 3/5/10 12:38 PM |
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pickles16
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Re: Putting up a swing set
Posted by OneOfEach
The indoor/outdoor gym type interlocking mats that BJ's/Costco sells. I think it cost us $100 to pad under the set
Thats actually not a bad idea...
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| Posted 3/5/10 2:05 PM |
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Chatham-Chick
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Re: Putting up a swing set
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Posted by OneOfEach
The indoor/outdoor gym type interlocking mats that BJ's/Costco sells. I think it cost us $100 to pad under the set
Thats actually not a bad idea...
Better check the fall protection rating on those. They'll stop your knees from getting scraped, but they may not absorb a fall from a swing set. They sell rubber mats specifically for under swing sets, but they're usually 6-8" thick.
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pickles16
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Re: Putting up a swing set
Posted by Chatham-Chick
Posted by pickles16
Posted by OneOfEach
The indoor/outdoor gym type interlocking mats that BJ's/Costco sells. I think it cost us $100 to pad under the set
Thats actually not a bad idea...
Better check the fall protection rating on those. They'll stop your knees from getting scraped, but they may not absorb a fall from a swing set. They sell rubber mats specifically for under swing sets, but they're usually 6-8" thick.
Thanks, I'm sure they're not meant for high falls, but it's going to be that or grass which honestly doesn't make a difference, I'm just looking for something so DD won't get muddy...whenever she'll be playing on it we'll be there, so hopefully we won't have falls that are too bad
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