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At the beginning of each play session:
• Tighten all hardware.
• Check all protective coverings on bolts, pipes, edges, and corners.
○ Replace if they are loose, cracked, or missing.
• Check all moving parts – including swing seats, ropes, cables, and chains for wear, rust, or other deterioration.
○ Replace as needed.
• Check metal parts for rust.
○ If found, sand and repaint using a non lead-based paint meeting the requirements of 16 CFR 1303.
• Reinstall any plastic parts, such as swing seats or any other items, that were removed for the cold season.
• Rake and check depth of loose fill protective surfacing materials to prevent compaction and to maintain appropriate
depth.
○ Replace as necessary.
Twice a month during play session:
• Tighten all hardware.
• Check all protective coverings on bolts, pipes, edges, and corners.
○ Replace if they are loose, cracked, or missing.
• Rake and check depth of loose fill protective surfacing materials to prevent compaction and to maintain appropriate depth.
○ Replace as necessary.
Once a month during play session:
• Check all moving parts including swing seats, ropes, cables, and chains for wear, rust, or other deterioration.
○ Replace as needed.
At the end of each play session:
• Remove plastic swing seats and other items as specified by the manufacturer and take indoors or do not use.
• Rake and check depth of loose fill protective surfacing materials to prevent compaction and to maintain appropriate
depth.
○ Replace as necessary.
Owners shall be responsible for maintaining the legibility of the warning labels.
Disassemble and dispose of the playground equipment that no unreasonable hazards will exist at the time the playground
equipment is discarded.
Save this instruction and information sheet for future reference, in the event that the manufacturer has to be contacted.
1.0. Care and maintenance