Mega garden slide

thebyp

Hey MSE folks

Slightly odd request for a Sunday evening....

I have a rather steep garden, which is just crying out for a massive slide for the kids (and maybe the adults).

I have been googling like mad to try and find one but everything I can find is just not long enough.

Does anybody know where I could get a longer slide (think play centre type half tube) from? Must be a trade in second hand stuff, he says...


Any ideas appreciated :cool:

Ebe_Scrooge

Hmm, an odd request - though I do see where you're coming from. Local council parks department, see if they've got any stuff they're binning due to refurbishments ? A long shot, but worth a try maybe ? I know our council sells off the bark chippings from the play areas, which are past their best - no good for playgrounds but gold dust for gardeners. Not quite the same thing, I know, but that's my train of thought.

If they've got nothing available, then they could at least put you in touch with their suppliers - and just maybe, if you've got a friend of a friend of a friend who works for the council, they could get you a new one at trade price ....... ?

glasgowdan

You're talking mega money from commercial suppliers. The kind of money councils pay for their parks.

The only other idea might be twin wall pipe https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/6m-Metre-Twin-Wall-Drain-Drainage-Pipe-APPROX-Internal-900mm-External-950mm-/222623912005?hash=item33d56b5045%3Ag%3AAXAAAOSw2GlXLFmz&_trkparms=pageci%253A4df3b822-a16b-11e7-ad90-74dbd1805d09%257Cparentrq%253Ab5b0651315e0ab1dc1775f3dffd3a024%257Ciid%253A9

Warwick_Hunt

glasgowdan wrote: »

You're talking mega money from commercial suppliers. The kind of money councils pay for their parks.

The only other idea might be twin wall pipe https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/6m-Metre-Twin-Wall-Drain-Drainage-Pipe-APPROX-Internal-900mm-External-950mm-/222623912005?hash=item33d56b5045%3Ag%3AAXAAAOSw2GlXLFmz&_trkparms=pageci%253A4df3b822-a16b-11e7-ad90-74dbd1805d09%257Cparentrq%253Ab5b0651315e0ab1dc1775f3dffd3a024%257Ciid%253A9

That's gonna hurt to slide down.

Katgrit

http://goneoutdoors.com/make-fiberglass-slide-12119939.html

Go on, you know you want to!!

glasgowdan

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

That's gonna hurt to slide down.

The inside wall is perfectly smooth....i know nurseries that use this stuff in their kids forest play parks etc

FreeBear

If you head over to the coast, you might score a pipe or two....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-40887525

How big did you want to go ?

AndyVandy

I love the idea of giant slide. Good one OP the kids will love it.

How about something like this?
youtube.com/watch?v=556g_dzDurk&feature=youtu.be
A rolling pipe slide
(sorry i'm too new around here to post a proper link)

Gloomendoom

Perhaps not quite what you are looking for but My sister-in-law lives on the side of a hill. In the summer they make a massive water slide using several lorry sides laid end to end.

EssexExile

Just plastic sheets & a hose pipe as seen on You've Been Framed most days. Don't forget the old mattresses at the end.