Playground equipment

Handsome Jack · 2017-04-10T20:56:07+00:00

I'm treasurer of a village hall management charity. We have a public playground next to the car park. A couple of weeks ago some bozo drove his car through the playground fence and into one of the wooden swings, breaking one of the uprights. Getting it repaired as if it were just an ordinary building job would maybe cost ?400. But everyone you talk to in the village says "children ... can't take any risks ... health and safety ... very strict regulations .... insurance ... local council inspectors .... got to be done right .... has to be signed off .... thousands of pounds." Of course, none of them can actually refer you to any regulations. I've googled and found various pages on the RoSPA and HSE web sites, but none of them actually say "You've got to do this ... you've got to do that ..." All they do is talk about "reasonable care", "risk assessments", and similar vague phrases. Does anybody know what the law states on this? Not what people *think* is the law, or what people *tell* each other is the law ... but what actually *is* the law? Because I'd like to get this playground equipment fixed as soon as I can; it's a bit of a hazard the way it is. And I know that as soon as I involve local councils and inspectors and health and safety geezers, it'll take *months* to get anything done.

Apr 10, 2017 24 Replies

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JNugent 9 years ago

Check with the Leisure Services department (or whatever it's called) at your local district council.

They'll be able to give you chapter and verse on the law and connect you with a suitable contractor.

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fred 9 years ago

On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 11:03:47 PM UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrot e:

ple job, stick a pole in the ground and concrete it in.

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James Wilkinson Sword 9 years ago

simple job, stick a pole in the ground and concrete it in.

Someone agreed with me?!

If he makes it just like it was before the accident, it can't be dangero= us.

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Walking on your hands is simply chickening out in the middle of a cartwh= eel.

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Handsome Jack 9 years ago

Thanks for that. Very useful. You are obviously better at trawling through waffle than I am.

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Robin 9 years ago

It comes with years and years and years of practice. I can recommend it

- but not a lot :(

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