Positioning Your Playcenter; Suggested Playground Surfacing - Backyard Discovery Aurora Owner's Manual & Assembly Instructions

Positioning Your Playcenter

• Th e playcenter is designed to be installed on a level
surface by an adult with an adult helper. Place
in a fl at area of your yard to minimize ground
preparation.
• Choose a level location for the equipment. Th is can
reduce the likelihood of the play set tipping over and
loose-fi ll surfacing material washing away during
heavy rains.
• Place the equipment not less than 6
any structure or obstruction such as a fence, garage,
house, overhanging branches, laundry lines, or
electrical wires.
• Provide enough room so that the children can use the
equipment safely. For example, for structures with
multiple play activities, a slide should not exit in front
of a swing.
• It is a good idea to place your playcenter in an area that
is convenient for adults to watch children at play.
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Create a site free of obstacles that could cause injuries
– such as low overhanging tree branches, overhead
wires, tree stumps and/or roots, large rocks, bricks and
concrete. Additional suggestions in the Suggested
Playground Surfacing Section.
• Do not build your playset on top of surfacing material.
• Locate bare metal platforms and slides out of direct
sunlight to reduce the likelihood of serious burns. A slide
that faces north will receive the least direct sunlight.
• Separate active and quiet activities from each other.
For example, locate sandboxes away from swings or
use a guardrail or barrier to separate the sandbox
from the movement of the swings.
Please Read This Before Starting Assembly
• Do not install home playground equipment over
concrete, asphalt, packed earth, grass, carpet, or any
other hard surface. A fall onto a hard surface can
result in serious injury to the equipment user.
• Do not install loose fi ll surfacing over hard surfaces
such as concrete or asphalt.
• Shredded bark mulch, wood chips, fi ne sand and fi ne
gravel, are added as shock absorbing materials aft er
assembly. If used properly these materials can absorb
( m) from
some of the impact of a child's fall.
• All surface material should extend a minimum of
• Do not apply playground surfacing until aft er the unit
is completely constructed. Playset should not be built
on top of surfacing.
• Use containment, such as digging out around the
perimeter and/or lining the perimeter with landscape
edging.
• Installations of rubber tiles or poured-in-place
surfaces (other than loose-fi ll materials) generally
require a professional and are not "do-it-yourself "
projects.
• Shall use Playground Surfacing Materials (other than
loose-fi ll material) which comply with the safety
standard ASTM F1292 Standard Specifi cation of
Impact Attenuation of Surfacing Materials within the
Use Zone of Playground Equipment.
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Suggested Playground Surfacing

feet in all directions around the play area.