Play equipment

[Goshthatwentquickly]

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help due to their own experience. I want to set up a Fireman's Pole between 2 levels in my garden. These can easily be ordered ftom playground equipment suppliers but they're all too small. I need the horizontal bit at the top (to be bolted to a wall) to be 4ft long then the vertical bit (I've accounted for 2 to 3ft to be concreted in) to be 18ft long. Mr Google was uncharacteristically unhelpful. Anyone know of a company that does bespoke work like this?

That's far too tall for a play pole, sounds like an accident waiting to happen.

Would a dancer pole work?. That's what I had inside my home for my fireman sam fanatic.

It was attached to the ceiling roof to floor they come in different sizes and can hold weight of an adult.

I wouldn't want to jump out 4 foot to the pole then slide down 15 foot- that's an accident waiting to happen!

18ft?! Jesus are you letting the kids jump off your roof?

Actual height from top level to lower level is 12ft. I've accounted for 3ft cemented in the ground and for the pole going higher than their heads before making a right angle to bolt to the wall. Distance to the pole from the top level, ie the distance they have to get across, is 18 inches, not 4ft. 4ft is the distance from the pole to the solid wall it'll be bolted to. I'm puzzled by the confusion people are displaying and I've seen way higher public climbing frames but thanks for the 'helpful' responses.

I'm more confused as to why this is in the Childcare section?? Are you a childminder? Because I can't see Ofsted being thrilled about such a height.

No, not in childcare, for private garden. It seemed a reasonable place to post. I remain bewildered by responses. I'm in Ironbridge and the climbing frames in Telford Town Centre Park a couple of miles away reach about 25ft and are full of happy kids laughing and completely failing to get injured or die horribly. I'm not returning to this thread, I'm obviously a horrible person imagining that climbing frames higher than 5ft exist.

I can't help on the pole but this might help regarding regs https://www.safersurfacing.co.uk/blogs/news/critical-fall-height-what-is-it-and-do-i-need-it#:~:text=The%20area%20surrounding%20the%20play,edge%20of%20the%20play%20equipment.

I would suggest you talk to some commercial suppliers. You need to get the correct flooring in for a drop of this height (as you say, like playparks have) so talk to companies about doing both at the same time.