Height of fence on play tower?

[jochen84]

Currently building a deck over my son's sandbox so he has a place to go on the slide, but I'm pondering a bit about the railing.
How high does it need to be? I've read rules that say both 80 and 110cm... does anyone actually know? Or are there no rules and it's just common sense that applies?
The platform is just under 150cm.
80cm feels reasonable (maybe something to grow with... but 110 feels too high).
He's 90cm tall now but he'll grow... and other kids will be there playing too.

When you look at Jungle Gym's models online, their railings do NOT look over 60-70cm...

Anyone know?

 

[jochen84]

 

[UlfTolf]

Read the headline a bit too quickly... Height of the lecturer i.e. the teacher... Strange question I thought😜 I should probably take it easy with the schnapps today!

 

[jochen84]

Read the title a bit too quickly.. Height of the pulpit i.e. the teacher... Weird question I thought😜 better take it easy with the schnapps today!

Was a bit tired last night when I wrote the post..

Tried to change the title now but it seems you can't either edit or delete your posts?!

 

[larsbj]

I also read it wrong at first

If you are to follow PBL, it should be 90cm that applies (lower than 3m). And no gaps larger than 100mm

Not entirely sure that PBL applies to play equipment.

 

[Elin Blomberg]

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Hi, Late post but.. What is the height of the platform from the ground? Looks good and we are currently building a sandbox with an upper floor now

 

[KnockOnWood]

Late post but.. What is the height of the platform from the ground?

The platform is just under 150cm.

That's probably the height above ground that @jochen84 means.

 

[Elin Blomberg]

It is probably the height above the ground that @jochen84 means.

Thanks, I missed that in the post

 

[jochen84]

Hi, Late post but.. What is the height of the platform from the ground? Looks good and we are in the process of building a sandbox with an upper floor now

The platform ended up about 140cm above the ground, and the fence is 80cm. It has worked well, no one has complained about "low ceiling" in the sandbox

 

[Elin Blomberg]

Thank you for the update. It turned out great. Thanks for the inspiration ☺️