Building a Child Safe Backyard Deck

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July 28th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed

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Everyone in the family can enjoy a deck but just how child safe are they?

Making a deck child safe is an easy thing to do to make it fun area for everyone. It just takes a little bit of common sense in the planning stage to have these needed safety measure in place.

Whenever a deck is even a few feet off the ground, you should plan on building a rail all the way around it to prevent falls. A child safety gate is a good idea if you plan to have stairs so ensure that a gate can fit at the entrance/exit.

Another safety precaution to take is to ensure that the materials you pick up from the building center are rounded and smooth. If the deck has splinters in it, you are sure to have a child (or adult) end up with a splinter in their foot. The deck will have to be inpected and sanded to get rid of any splinters from time to time.

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A summertime necessity is shade. One can only take so much sun, especially for the safety of little children who have no concept of the dangers of it. Why don’t you consider building an overhang or a canopy over your deck and then there are no worries of too much sun exposure. This is not to replace sunscreen of course.

If you’re going to be hosting little children on your deck, then try to create something that will keep climbing at a zero because there is nothing to climb on. Also the railing’s slats should be close together so there is no risk of little arms and legs getting stuck in between them and as well as no room for little ones to crawl through and fall.

Your deck is there for you and your whole family to enjoy so a lot of thought has to be put into the planning as to how to keep everyone, especially your little ones safe. Thinking ahead before you build can help you avoid any unnecessary accidents down the road. Sometimes it’s good to hire a professional deck builder.