Metal Swing Set Anchors
Is PVC pipe strong enough to make a swingset?
I can purchase chain swings, ring swings, etc., separately. I just can’t seem to find a new swing set in my budget, and wondered about putting something together with PVC pipe. I assume I’d have to anchor it in the ground as with a metal pipe swingset. My child is 3 1/2 and probably weighs about 40 lbs.
It was just a thought – I wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize the safety of my child. Thanks for the input.
Definitely not. PVC pipe is meant to transport various liquids not support the stresses of external force. Even the industrial application “black pipe” variety is only meant to deal with evenly expanding pressures from the inside/out. In other words if all of the pressure, such as the pressure where the eye bolts will be installed to hang the swing chains from, is directed to a specific area of pipe, the the pipe will shatter.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I don’t want to see your child get injured by accident.
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