Securing child's swing

[beaker141]

Hi,

Great site - wish I had found it earlier as I have spent the last 6 months in the back garden concreting, getting rid of garage and getting ground ready for turf.

Next years project is to re-lay the front paving so hope to be coming back to read all about it.

Anyway, the real topic :-

My neighbour roped me into assembling a couple of cheap childrens swings. I used the ground pegs supplied and hammered them into the turf and then bolted them to the frame as shown in the instructions.

As was expected they have now come loose and the swings are dangerous so said neighbour is now trying to rope me into concreting the posts in. She has bought a tiny bag of bricklaying mortar which I had to restrain myself from laughing at - mainly the volume of about a 12kg bag expected to concrete 8 posts into the ground !

Does anyone have any experience of this and can offer guidance as to what mix would be suitable to hold this and what sort of dimensions would be required - I can then advise on what we need and how much.

I just fear that even with concrete the forces on the posts will start to work them loose and end up back at unsafe swing again.

Thanks in advance for any info.

Stuart

[beaker141]

I asked my Father in Law today who is a general builder, he suggested the following mix :-

4 * 12mm Limestone (or similar)
2 * Sharp Sand
1 * Cement

Any other comments ?

[Tony McC]

Try using the 'recipe' given for a C20/ST4 concrete on the Mortars and Concretes page