Safety issues (bonding, etc...) ??
Any chances of cracking the deck while drilling before the installation of the anchors...??

Is this a DIY job ?, it doesn't seem complicated at all. Mainly worried about a kid falling and breaking his neck, God forbid.

Quote, originally posted by amolao »

Mainly worried about a kid falling and breaking his neck, God forbid.

Well as long as he's not your kid, and you have a 2 million dollar umbrella policy

I dont know which slide your looking at,but the ones we install,we just use a hammer drill to drill holes into the concrete and tap the locking anchor in,and the slide the slide over the holes on put the bolts in,thats all we do as far as bonding.

As far as liabilities,its the same whether you installed it right when the pool was completed or like what your wanting to now, a couple years later.I know in some cases the the home owners insurance went up b/c they installed a slide but ever case is diffrent.I know whenever we install one the manufacturer incourages us to have a million dollar liability coverage just in case somthing happens.but dispite tht risk we do install quite a few.

There really not bad to install,again it depends on what brand you get otheres are simpler then others.the type we use it takes us a half day to a full day to install it properly and we know what were doing.I say for somebody doing it on thee own with our type of slide its a good weekend project,its not bad.

Heres the type of slide we install.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lHfFJAHyHY

This slide is quick,and they say nobody under i belive it was under the age of 12 or so many pounds i cant remeber should be on it,but ofcourse little kids use it any ways.As long as your responsible with it youll be fine.We like this slide b/c of the high sides and it has handles on the ladder part so it makes it easier to climb up.let me know if you have any more questions ill be glad to help!

When I said bonding, I was reffering to the grounding of the structure. All metal surfaces are suppose to be ground together in case of lightning,etc....is this true ??

Where do you get the slides from and how much you guys normally charge for one installed...??

Yeah your correct on the bonding,i dont what i was thinking i guess i read it wrong.lol On the metal structured ones yes it has to be bonded but the ones we use are all plastic so you dont have to worry about it.

As far as were to get one to be honest with you im not for sure.My dad gets them from a pool supply warehouse up here in Tenn.you might want to try looking up the turbo twister slide and see if somebody is willing to sell one directly to you.

Up here,the last one we installed i believe when installed it for 1,500 but i wanna say that was including the slide.