PLASTIC BORDERS How to Install

Plastic borders are very easy to install, whether it's on a commercial playground or in your backyard. Each 4-foot plastic border comes with a single 30" spike; each 6-foot border comes with two spikes. The plastic borders and spikes are supplied by Maryland Materials, a leading national playground equipment and services company.

STEP 1
If necessary, prepare the ground surface by clearing a small horizontal path slightly wider than the width of the plastic borders (4"). This will make it easier to install the plastic border. If the ground is hard, you may want to water it first, to soften it.

STEP 2
Place one plastic border on the ground, standing straight up. Place another plastic border next to it, then slide them together, matching the overhang on one border with the underhang on the other.

STEP 3
Place a 30" spike in the hole on the top horizontal side of the first plastic border at a 180° angle. Slide the spike through the overhanging part of that border into the underlying part of the second plastic border. Continue until the spike touches the ground below.

STEP 4
Using a hammer, a mallet, or a sledgehammer, drive the spike into the ground until the top of the spike is level with the flat horizontal side of the plastic border.

STEP 5
Repeat Steps 2 - 4 for each plastic border until the project is complete. It's really that simple!