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Expertise
I can provide experienced answers, options, solutions and personal opinion on almost any topic concerning children`s playgrounds residential or commercial. Including questions on design, construction, maintenance, groundcover, accesiblity and most importantly safety.
Experience in the area
For 23 years owner of custom design and build playground company. Over that time designed and built thousands of residential and commercial play structures.
Organizations
Certified Safety Inspector and member ASTM committees on playground safety for commercial and residential play areas.
Average Ratings
Recent Reviews from Users
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| Regina | 01/10/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | excellent service! Very professionally answered |
| Pat | 07/21/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | thanks for the quick response. We have ..... |
| Linda | 06/01/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks so much for your opinion..... it ..... |
| Robert | 03/24/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Hello Bob; I checked with our local ..... |
| Julie | 03/05/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | thanks. |
Recent Answers from Bob Meihaus
2012-05-14 installing play structure on concrete slab:
Julie, there is really no good way to install your residential playset on top of a concrete pad and truly make it safe. One real issue is that your playset is designed to sit on the ground, so if you try
2012-01-19 Safety standards for natural materials:
Paul, I am sorry, but to my knowledge there are no specific guidelines for using natural elements as you mentioned. This idea is fairly new, the Manufactures are not interested in doing anything to encourage
2011-01-07 wood chips:
The best wood chip ground cover is one that is made from all pure oak chips, nothing else. You can use standard ground-up oak chips or there are several brands of what is called Wood Fiber ground covers
2010-10-21 Playground design:
Ok, first the box you plan to build is not big enough, if you build 8 ft high swings the boarder should be at least 10 ft in front of swings and 10 ft in back, guidelines call for twice the height of the
2010-09-12 playground surface resiliency:
To really test the surfacing you need a very expensive piece of equipment that might be available from your local parks department, but they probable do not have one either and use an out side resource
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