I like that the law takes a 1% chance of the swingset tipping over and turns it into an 80% chance someone trips on or gets gouged by those anchor chains and cuffs.

@irishhandyman2009

5 жыл бұрын

You beat me to it. Gotta love how the Nanny State is taking care of everyone.

@vinmilesfewpics

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree so dumb, might as well just crank it up a notch and pour concrete footers 3’ down to eliminate the tripping hazard

@Drewskidelmar

5 жыл бұрын

typical liberal laws , creating more problems by creating solutions to problems that dont exist in the first place

@flywiseman

5 жыл бұрын

exactly what i was thinking. Had to be an idiot liberal come up with that.

@ad-rock603

5 жыл бұрын

@@Drewskidelmar Natural law is the only way to avoid what you speak of

Dig four holes and set it in Quickcreate. When you want to remove the swing set just take it apart and shake the four poles in the Quickcreate back and forth untill the quickcreate and pole break loose around the dirt, pull it out of the ground in one peice with the poles around the concrete, then once out of the ground just hit the concrete with a hammer a bunch of times and bust it free of the pole. The Quickcreate will crumble off the pole and free it. I reuse the metal poles from fencing this way and they are good as new when I pull them out of the ground and break the concrete away from the poles. The trampoline would benefit from the anchors, they get airborn in high wind.

Coming from Oklahoma, this actually really saved my butt. Havnt gone against a tornado yet, but its lasted against some hardcore straightline winds.

Had to install some anchors on my nieces wood fort/swing & play set they got for Xmas last year.....but I used something different than this. Got a 1” Impact driver & drove the stainless steel/hot dipped galvanized anchors right into the ground, some had brackets and clips that attached directly to wood frame, other kind I used a bolt through the anchor’s eyelet....no chains. It passed inspection 👍🏻 Who’d of thought that today we’d be getting swing set inspection etc.... in my day, tipping over the swing set when swinging was half the fun.....and the risk you took playing on it🤣😉

They take the whole fun out of being on those lightweight swing sets. I remember as a kid trying to topple one over when I was on it.

@tinchote

5 жыл бұрын

I was about to mention that. Also, we had one for like 15 years, anchored to nothing, and the kids never succeeded in toppling it.

As kids , we would get the swing set frame to rock off ground while swinging,,,,guess those days are over!

Thanks for the vid. Like the idea but they look like they could sure trip a lil one and if they landed on one of them what a gash it could make. Pool noodle to cover them maybe but that’s the parents gig. Thanks again HM!

I love that you forgo a uniform. Some of these guys are nuts with their embroidered hats, matching wick polo shirts and fancy pants... to change a light fixture.

The anchor breaking just goes to show you "It's always something"!! Kids can't have any fun anymore. I can remember being on one of those and the whole thing rocking back and forth. Good times.

@scottwelsch4139

5 ай бұрын

I would be as much (if not more) concerned that the first anchor broke during installation. I just did this today, but I used heavy duty screw in ground anchors and wire rope. Not that cheap link chain stuff like in his video.

I found myself doing this and needed a video. Thank you!

How is having metal hooks in the ground that the kids can gouge themselves on safer than the the slight possibility the swing set will tip? This is some nanny state crap, LOL.

@chorton38305

5 жыл бұрын

:Hey, it's the "left" coast, whadaya expect?

This is a great video on taking the small jobs to build the business.

I love how those anchors are supposed to be strong enough to hold the swingset down yet a cheap screwdriver ripped the head right off the anchor

@jaimeramos394

2 жыл бұрын

:D

@onegenooneappleonetilly9234

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love that chinese steel.

Great job but someone actually paid you to do this great for you every one needs a no glue customer like this

Obviously waiting for a shoe comment but didn't see one. I think the close-up shut them up. Love the use of comfort when an option, and love even more the "shut-me-up" close-up.

Those screw anchors don’t appear to be made very well. Nice repair to the one that broke there Mr. Handyman.

@jimeagle1155

Жыл бұрын

There ain't nothing a torch in a 30-year-old pair of channel locks can't take care of

Perhaps inspection required because of (licensed?) in-home daycare provided at this residence?

@joevsyou

5 жыл бұрын

That is a very good point!

Someone with a hot car lives in that neighbourhood! Also.....love the safety troll. Haha!!

An inspection for a swing set, what is this world coming to?

@D.Will.C.

5 жыл бұрын

Only in Cali... Im guessin! LMAO

@D.Will.C.

5 жыл бұрын

Probably explains why he works by himself too............... Lol

@ModMINI

5 жыл бұрын

+ Homeowner can't do this themselves?

@Mr.Pop0

5 жыл бұрын

its spreading, Known by the state of cancer to cause California

@StArFuRyZz

5 жыл бұрын

@@D.Will.C. I'm in Cali and would be offended by this comment...but I can see this being a thing here. Turns out you actually need permits from the city to install a dishwasher or washer/dryer in your house too.

I just did this yesterday, although my home depot and all the stores around me didn't carry this kit, so I found orange ground anchors rated for 125 lbs got 4 of those, got 10 feet (didn't even use half of it) of chain rated for 155 lbs, 4 eye bolts that were a bit longer than needed and 4 washers for them, and some s hooks, drilled one hole per leg of the swing set, put in the eye hook, the chain adjustment was the easiest, I ran the anchors in the ground then backed them out a half inch, put the hooks and whatnot on and screwed the anchors back down, made them super tight. That swing isn't going anywhere, and the best part is. The set I got my daughter has a trampoline on one side and a slide on the other, meaning this isn't a trip hazard at all for her. Thought I'd share what I went through yesterday lol. Anyways my method cost me about 65 bucks and I feel like it's never going to move since everything is super heavy duty, those ones that come in the kits seem like they were built with chinesium. I dont know, I like to know my stuff will never have an issue.

@nathan4233

Жыл бұрын

Oh and I grinder off the the ends of the bolts completely so it's just the nuts. Grinder till there were no sharp edges

I don't know what's crazier, that you got paid to anchor a swing set or that the town is coming to inspect the anchors on a swing set... More power to you my friend!

@taylordisalvo5896

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously who would pay anyone for this

I'm happy about the plastic acorn nuts as a bandaid saving finishing touch.

Aside from the obvious of metal sticking up out of the ground being an odd choice for child safety, aren't those metal straps pretty much guaranteed to come loose over time with temperature differences between metals, oxidation, and vibration of kids swinging?

Thanks alot for the video. I was trying to hand twist them in and when I saw your screwdriver technique it was WAY easier.

Maybe it's just a matter of perspective, but that swing set looks mighty close to that fence!

Very nice of you to demonstrate to the home owner how to trim the grass around the legs. Although some round up would work as well as the torch

@HorseteethGaming

2 жыл бұрын

RoundUp also works really well if you want you and your kids to get cancer or lymphoma

Had no idea swing sets had to be inspected. By the way, I noticed you removed the guard on the grinding Wheel.

Being in Florida with lots of soft sand to anchor into and of course wind issues.. lol Having hard time getting anything to stay in. About to try and level ground better with brick footing or something... any advice?

This was great to watch. Thanks for the great camera angles to demonstrate the tools in use. Good stuff!

Do you know how I can secure a swingset on top of my asphalt area on the side of my house. So far, it has been stable, but as my grandkids are getting bigger, I want to make sure they can't tip it when they both play on it. I have rubber mats underneath the swings and slide, so they don't fall directly on the asphalt surface, if they should fall. It's the best placement of the playset, as it's the most shaded area in my yard, at otherwise it gets too hot to play outside in the summer, when they visit.

It's good to know you came to do some work in California.

let me guess, CA has laws that say you cant jump off the swing, can only swing so high, and there has to be 2-3 adults supervising the activity.

@danwalker2642

3 жыл бұрын

And the kids must have elbow pads, knee pads, helmet with face guard and a quick deploy parachute.

@HorseteethGaming

2 жыл бұрын

and you must wear gender neutral colors while you swing.... wouldn't wanna piss anyone off.

@rowanmurphy5239

Ай бұрын

And the adults must have a degree. Doesn't matter what degree; even gender studies.

I know a lot of useless stuff, I mean a lot of useless stuff. But that ground anchor is something useful that I never had a clue about!

Im tired but I have to see your video #1!

@TheHandyman1

5 жыл бұрын

I just took a nap.

@DelmuryAngel

5 жыл бұрын

The Handyman I wish I can this apprenticeship plumbing it’s awesome

Handyman swinging into action 😎

Here in Australia, we have to cement the L brackets that are bolted to the bottoms of the legs. No trip hazard that way!

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We had ours anchored into the ground and cement pots the legs set into. Never moved.

Is there a specific name for these chain straps? I can only find the peg anchors online but nothing to secure it to the swing legs? Thanks.

@louisecrisp7210

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I'd like to know this too. I'm looking for any kind of stability as our garden is on a slight slant. The anchors alone didn't seem to work. My daughter can only slightly swing & the whole thing tips over.

Yep you never know what will come of small jobs. I was asked to go to house that had "low hot water pressure" in the hall bath. I really didn't want to go because it was 14 miles away. But, it was an opportunity with a new rental home investment group, so I went. I ended up working there 8 man hours at $72 an hour, plus materials, when it was all done. I also learned a lot about the National Electric Code including including special GFI outlets in old house wiring that had no outlet grounds, and what to do to avoid running a ground to the panel. You should do a refresher on this, as my youtube search didn't turn up anything decent, except one in 2015.

@1dgrdgr

5 жыл бұрын

Rene. I bet sparky channel has one. I just did a re-outlet on a house with a bunch of ungrounded outlets. It's pretty annoying that they don't provide enough stickers with the GFCI and you can't buy them separate. This house had a bunch of home run wiring so we just converted most of it back to two prong outlets. A whole lot easier than trying to stuff GFCIs into those tiny boxes.

@andy-jac

5 жыл бұрын

@@1dgrdgr Yeah, you have to get those special Slimline ones with stickers for the old boxes. They cost more. I charged $104 for two of them. This house is a Section 8 deal, so owners had no choice.

@andy-jac

5 жыл бұрын

@@1dgrdgr - Yeah, I got those Slimline GFCI's with stickers designed for those small old boxes. They cost more. I charged $52 per outlet. They only take a couple minutes to install, after you get the hang of it.

Great video as usual Handyman...at 4.30 did you focus in on your key fob on purpose to make us go crazy on what your new truck is yet. But it looks like a older rams. So you must not have it yet in this video? You keep us on are toes.

@TheHandyman1

5 жыл бұрын

New truck Starts with a button.

great job

Love how the safety thing snaps off. I've seen better anchors in the pet section of walmart!

@smkibler

5 жыл бұрын

Guarantee they're both made with the same pot metal.

@morpheusoptic

4 жыл бұрын

Those ones snap also, I bought them for my kids trampoline and snapped two of them when they got close to the ground.

@alyomally9260

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly after seeing how the swing anchors look...and price.. i figured id just get ones meant for large dog

This law has to depend on where you live. These things are always regulated by local governments, not federal or ever state. There's zero chance I'm doing this, zero chance I will get it inspected, and zero chance that anyone in my area will give a shit.

Need to build a 4 foot high fence around those chains.

You should've put a self tapping screw throut the plate and the leg of the pole to keep it front sliding down

I've never heard of this. Municipal ordinance or homeowner's association requirement?

So now there're 4 tripping hazzards in a children's play area!?

@billybassman21

5 жыл бұрын

I think he had them too high.

@JosephQPublic

4 жыл бұрын

Life is a tripping hazard

Wondering if it is code for trampolines, had my sis tell me to help her get her crappy trampoline off a house a block away (on roof) told her forget about it, that homeowner would probably want monetary damages on top of his insurance pay out, that trampoline violated that roof in a bad way after a bad hurricane.

inspected swing set, HOA? Does the homeowner also stain there fence every summer and replace there smoke detectors batteries when the hour sets back?

@WelshRabbit

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, I'll bet some official in California comes around periodically to check that all the mattress and cushion tags are in place.

Do you have to have a permit to purchase such a dangerous piece of equipment? Do those plastic seats have Prop 65 labels? What kind of PPE does the city/state require when operating a swing set?

@tinchote

5 жыл бұрын

Next one will be air bags, and mandatory helmets.

@nicholaspauly5934

3 жыл бұрын

Adult supervision required, after mandatory swing safe training of course.

I didnt even know there are inspections for anchoring swingsets and trampolines 😨

Where do you purchase these brackets please 5:49

In my day when the swing set started to come off the ground you knew that was as high as you should go.

@davidmoran4471

5 жыл бұрын

That was called common sense, today common sense is not a very common commodity

I think every man in America has an old rusty pair of blue handled channel locks

@ikkuranus

5 жыл бұрын

shit mine is dark green and not rusty (yet)

Can you explain how inertia work? That anchoring system make no sense.A rod of two feet at 90 degrees to each leg, two inches from the bottom would be sturdier and out of the way.

That's a tripping hazard. Those pole supports are hollow. Screw those stakes in ground Place the pole supports over the stake. Drill hole in pole supports and insert a bolt thru the pole and thru the stake inside the pole and secure with a nylon nut. It's cleaner bc the stake is hidden inside the pole. Neater And no tripping hazard.

If the grass were brown/dry this video would have taken a pretty narly turn

Interesting. Add a tripping hazard, get a “safe” swing set. And what a pain to mow and trim around that! The swing set at the house I bought had slots in the bottom of the pole through which a stake was inserted at an angle. Served the same purpose as the anchor you used, but was out of the way. I wonder if it would have passed the bureaucrat’s inspection? Probably not, since it wasn’t in plain view.

Trip hazard with sharp edges.

$80 swingset. $10 anchors that break when you tighten them. $200 to install. Genius.

@TechieTard

5 жыл бұрын

permit = $300

@DanielBrooksJr

5 жыл бұрын

More like $200+ swing set.

I prefer slip on shoes to laces and Velcro myself. 👍👍👍👍

That safety measure probably causes more safety issues than it solves.

You have a law governing swing sets?

My weedeater hates those chains...

Hey i did this and my anchors just come out by a measurable amount with each pass of the swing.

did those shoes pass inspection

Where is this that it needs inspected?

Concrete would have been cheaper and faster. Concrete would have been easier.

Nice socks! 🤣🤣

@TheHandyman1

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Did you shove the top rail of the swing around when you were done? the fact that the anchors are on the inside, the length and angle of the chain looks like those legs could move quite a bit before they would even be stopped by the chain. I'm glad that first anchor broke. Otherwise, this job would have been so basic even Handy Andy could have done it. And he only knows tape measures.

Handyman how do sir, how do?

Hello handyman I hope you can answer this question. Can you tell me what is your terms and conditions that you ask the customer?

@TheHandyman1

5 жыл бұрын

I don't have any terms or conditions. All my customers belong to a network of referrals. I don't work for strangers. I don't take customers unless they personally know one of my past custoemers well.

@johncoon3132

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheHandyman1 ok I see your point. I was wondering due to this customer calling out of the blue asking me to due a remodel of a bathroom and I never do a project that big at one time. I keep very busy with small projects that don't require terms and conditions.

What is the point in these though? All four legs still pop up if the kids go too high. Better to cement in ground and maybe have these as a backup

Are you in California?

I'm reading the comments and a lot of people are saying anchoring it is bad for some reason. Honestly we wish I had these in the playgrounds I went to..

I’ve never heard of anchors for swing sets... Trampolines because of wind maybe. You’d never get those in the ground here in Arkansas though. No chance.

When the customer ask why my grass is burn It’s the hot temperature

When I was a kid 50+ years ago, I remeber my dad every spring putting up the swing set and would anchor it with long metal rods and slide the swing set over them. It never tipped over, not even in a wind storm.

wow it broke that easily...thats reassuring ..lol

@pinkmosquito22

5 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

If there are truly codes for swingset anchors I am appalled. I also would refuse to anchor mine which would be a shame since I believe in doing so, but would refuse on grounds of not giving in to government stupidity.

i don't know how much i would trust those anchors when one broke when you were putting them in the ground

Snapped off just twisting into the soil? Hmmm... I'm not surprised if it comes from the most likely country of origin and were made out the finest chinesium. Last year, I had a nut driver from that source literally cracked open with my bare hands while I was removing a nut, which, given that I'm an out-of-shape 72 year-old retired lawyer, doesn't say a lot about the quality of their metallurgy (or my taste in quality hand tools).

@droolbunnyxo9565

5 жыл бұрын

A company I worked for invested in container loads of Chinese stone pavers & edging that crumbled & dissolved when it rained. Much like their high-rise buildings.

The most fascinating part of this video was that somebody actually paid you to do this. My wife or even my daughter could have figured this out and done it themselves.

I think is more for theft protection

Ours came with pins you attach to the legs and then knock in.

A swing set inspector? Please tell me you made that up lol

@TheHandyman1

5 жыл бұрын

I did not.

Unreal. No tip, all trip

Shouldn't the chains go on the outside?

Maybe the swingset won't tip over, but the kids will scrape their shins and sprain their ankles when they run into those chains now.

Now I'm sure you're in California 😂

Half the fun is seeing if you can get the swing set rocking. Lol.

How did we persevere this long without lots of gumment?

To be fair, I have a family member whose children's swing set rocks back and forth every time a child swings on it. He refuses to do anything about it. I don't like the tripping hazard but I really don't like the thought of my nieces having their swingset tipping over.

Sorry, but I laughed when the hook broke off. But it didn't last. You unexpectedly 💡 reached for the blowtorch. Dang... 😑

Imagine living somewhere that there’s a law which dictates how to set up a swing set...

who inspects swingsets

I had to remove a swing set that was anchored in concrete; that was a bear

Who has swing inspected

Anchor kit $20. Installation $500. And all kids safe and sound.