Natural Playgrounds Net Climb Installation Instructions

NOTES: Before accepting shipment, please check for any damage caused by the shipping company
and take appropriate steps, including several photographs of the damage, to file a claim, if needed. If
you already accepted the shipment, take photos of the damage before unpacking, then lay out the
damaged parts, and take as many photos as possible to attach to the claim.
*Please call Digsafe and check for any underground utilities before digging anywhere.
Materials needed
Level, shovel, carpenters square, post hole digger, screw gun with proper screw tip, hardware/screws
(included), 6 or 8, 2" long sheetrock screws if you are using temporary supports for the posts, 2
1x3x8' strapping for temporary braces (not included), 2 stakes with points made from 12" cut from
each strapping, four (4) 12" dia x 48" long sonotubes, bags of premixed concrete (not included).
Concrete amounts can be easily calculated at http://www.quikrete.com/Calculator/Main.asp. For 50
pound bags, allow 1.5 bags per foot of tube. This allows for the 6" x 6" post occupying some of the
volume. Amount required depends on how deep you want/can get the hole. You will need water to
mix with the concrete, and if you are mixing the concrete outside the hole, you'll need a wheelbarrow
or a concrete mixing trough and a hoe to do the mixing. If you are mixing the concrete in the hole,
scratch the wheelbarrow and the hoe, and replace it with a 4 foot length of rebar or a 6 foot length of
strapping to be used for mixing concrete in the hole.
Instructions
1. Remove items from shipping pallet.
2. Because of shipping regulations, some climbing walls cannot be shipped in fully assembled panels. If the
wall was not shipped preassembled, then assemble/install as follows.
3. All climbing structures, including this Net Climb, need a fall zone surrounding them. Fall zones are typically
6 feet out from the perimeter of the climbing structure. In this case, the fall zone would be 6 feet to the left
and right of the Net Climb. The Net Climb is also 6 feet wide, so the width of this fall zone is going to be 18
feet. Then the fall zone needs to be 6 feet out from the front and back of the Net Climb for a total depth of
12 feet plus the depth of the Net Climb itself, which is 7 inches. The Net Climb would be centered in this fall
zone area which needs to be a minimum of 9 inches deep (some people go to 12"). Typically, playground
woodchips are used. Keep in mind that this is a hole in the ground, so it needs to be drained to a drainage
system, to daylight, or to a dry well beneath.
4. The 4" x 6" posts have a slanted top, so make sure they are installed with that top facing the sky. The posts
are also shiplapped to reduce shipping costs, so you'll need to assemble the two post halves. The posts
will be 10ft long once assembled. Make sure that the fall zone material begins at that 6 foot mark, or the
posts won't be long enough.
5. The fall zone would be below that 6' mark, so measure from the top of the peak of the posts down 6 feet,
then add the depth of your fall zone (9" - 12"), and draw a line on each post. This is your ground line at the
bottom of the fall zone material. Your hole for the two posts should be at least 3'6" deep starting at this
ground line.
Net Climb (Free Standing)
Installation Instructions
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