How to make a trampoline enclosure?
We have a 30 year old rectangular trampoline. Its been in the fam for years and is now being passed down to me for my children. I need an enclosure for it but its so old that none of the available sites can accommodate attachments for it. Can anyone figure how to rig one? I know gymnastics centers don’t have commercial enclosures, they just use netting and ropes attached to the floor and ceilings. My trampoline is outside with no trees.
Do you mean an enclosure to protect your children?
If the bed will be stationary, then it means (without seeing it) that you probably need to put posts into the ground. You’ll need to also create a metal frame linking each post at the same level as the trampoline frame as the tramp frame itself usually does this.
I suppose it should resemble this picture:
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.vipkids.co.uk/Trampolines%2520GB/safety-enclosure02_md.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.vipkids.co.uk/tgt_trampoline-rctdenc..htm&usg=__8e4Xt-jnXn0IerK2arE94OG_JuI=&h=240&w=350&sz=34&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=13Wl0JzGgvhtmM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drectangular%2Btrampoline%2Benclosure%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1C1CHMI_en-USGB292GB304%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1
…but instead of the poles are your posts. If it folds away, you would still have room to manoeuvre. After that just use the same type of netting as the normal enclosures in your DIY store use. Or you even buy the attachments and then fix them to the respective post.
You will need some thick foam padding to then go round the posts if they present a danger.
If I find a better way, I’ll let you know!
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September 27th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Do you mean an enclosure to protect your children?
If the bed will be stationary, then it means (without seeing it) that you probably need to put posts into the ground. You’ll need to also create a metal frame linking each post at the same level as the trampoline frame as the tramp frame itself usually does this.
I suppose it should resemble this picture:
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.vipkids.co.uk/Trampolines%2520GB/safety-enclosure02_md.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.vipkids.co.uk/tgt_trampoline-rctdenc..htm&usg=__8e4Xt-jnXn0IerK2arE94OG_JuI=&h=240&w=350&sz=34&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=13Wl0JzGgvhtmM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drectangular%2Btrampoline%2Benclosure%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1C1CHMI_en-USGB292GB304%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1
…but instead of the poles are your posts. If it folds away, you would still have room to manoeuvre. After that just use the same type of netting as the normal enclosures in your DIY store use. Or you even buy the attachments and then fix them to the respective post.
You will need some thick foam padding to then go round the posts if they present a danger.
If I find a better way, I’ll let you know!
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References :
Tramp coach