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We install fall areas or designated play areas for backyard swingsets

Fall zone areas for playground equipment are designed to absorb the shock of a fall from a playset or swingset. They also serve to designate the play area of the backyard from the rest of the yard. These fall areas are usually bordered with plastic or wood landscape timbers and filled with products such as pea gravel, engineered wood fiber, or rubber mulch. The materials you use have a lot to with the expected fall height from a piece of equipment. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has developed a chart outlining each product and it's critical fall height absorption value. Click here to view chart.

Fall Area Borders can be found at a multitude of sites on the internet or you can find adequate parts to complete a backyard playset project from any home improvement store. Wood landscape borders are the easiest to obtain locally and fairly inexpensive, however, there are a couple of problems with this type of border. Believe it or not, it takes more than a few timbers stacked on top of each other to contain the amount of fill material for your project. Most of the time these types of borders are constructed poorly, often failing and spilling fill material out into the yard. Due to the chemical treatment in the wood, they cannot be taken to a landfill at the end their usable life.

We prefer a durable all plastic border material. These types of borders are engineered to be used for fall areas and are made to hold the fill material in place. They are secured together with large stakes that anchor almost 24" into the ground. One thing we like about the plastic borders is the ability to resell them when the family playset is dismantled and the fall area is removed. These plastic borders could potentially serve a purpose for 20-30 years for several families. They can also be used for garden borders, sandboxes, or a turtle run.

See a variety of options for plastic borders at

Here's a list some of the playsets we've

maintained over the last decade:

	Lifetime Metal Swingsets
	Kid's Creations
	Jack's DIY Designs
	Cedarworks
	Big Backyard
	Costco Sunray
	Sam's Club Swingsets
	Leisure Time Products
	Gorilla Playsets
	Adventure Playsets
	Rainbow Playsystems
	Backyard Adventures
	Swing n Slide
	Playnation