Bouncy Castle Hire Safety
If you read through our news posts, you'll see that we take safety very seriously. Here is yet another "boring" news post, but one that we really hope demonstrates just how seriously we take safety, and it isn't just all talk.
It is against the HSE issued standards document to use a bouncy castle outside in windspeeds exceeding 24 mph (including gusts).
That is non-negotiable. There are some parts of that standard out can interpret differently, or make adjustments to ensure a safety issue is mitigated. However, wind speed isn't one of them.
The thing is, the weather man is often inaccurate, and even if he was accurate it can only be for a general area of geography, not the specific town or street in question. We use the met office as a general guide, and if the wind speeds are over 24 mph then we acknowledge that this is un-safe. You wouldn't want a castle up in those speeds anyway, that's then you start seeing fences buckle over and roof tiles come loose.
However, wind speeds can change rapidly and we need to be sure that the wind speed stated by the met office is accurate, too.
To this end, if the wind speeds are close to the limit, we use specialist equipment in the form of an anemometer (which is a device that accurately measures wind speed). This allows us to be sure it's safe. In the event that the wind speed is close to the limit, aside from using twice as many anchoring stakes, we leave very simple instructions with an easy to use anemometer for yourself to use at specified intervals, with instructions on what to do if the wind speed is measured close to the limit (i.e ask all children to leave the castle safely, and turn it off).
This may seem like a "busy" exercise, but even if you feel it's over the top, we hope at least it shows just how dedicated we are to preventing accidents as much as possible.
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