Picked up a used kids playframe at the weekend that someone had custom built from C16, wooden boards and round poles. It had been concreted into the ground (see pic) but i just cut it off at ground level so need to find a new way of securing it down. Rather than concreting some more posts into the ground (and then bolting/ screwing the existing frame to those) i was thinking of either using ground screws or fence spikes. Ground screws would hold it solid and be easy to remove at any point in the future, but will cost me over £200 inc delivery in hand installation tool. Spikes will be about £50 (was going to use 3 for the swing poles and then 2 for the left corners, rest would just be held with those concrete decking block things (or just a wooden post in a shallow concrete foundation which i can dig up easily).
Do you think fence spikes will hold after repeated use of the swing, i have removed a few in my garden before and they take a lot of persuasion with a sledge hammer and a mattock)?
Do you think fence spikes will hold after repeated use of the swing, i have removed a few in my garden before and they take a lot of persuasion with a sledge hammer and a mattock)?