Any idea or experience with getting it into dirt (backyard)???? I need an umbrella over our sandbox
777497
If your dirt is very dense you should loosen it up or dig a hole but once umbrella is in place and you fill dirt back in it will stand up great for you. You can leave the bottom pole in ground and just take the top section away to store in garage when not needing it. The tilt will help to adjust shade at different times of the day.
1194466
I would put a tarp under it setting it up in grass or on concrete. Not sure where u are putting it just make sure area is clear of anything that can puncture it.
1564768
You will need to go to a LOWES, or Home Depot, or some such store, and buy 2 50lb. bags.They should load it in your car for you. You need about 1 1/2 bags for a good amt. for children to play with.OR, if you want expensive COLORED sand, look on the WWW..........but, it IS expensive.I have this for my grandkids, and keep it on an enclosed porch, that way they can play with it even if it is raining.
2162023
I have used it in both sand and dirt. In both cases, I had no trouble pulling it out again. This thing is great for dirt. For soft sand, I think I would recommend an auger based device instead though.
2103092
I bought a plastic stand from Walmart that you fill with sand to keep it secured for the pole of the umbrella. very inexpensive and it looks nice.
957287
If you push it down, it seems to stay up fine. Ours is in dirt in the front yard and we've had rain and wind, etc. and it's still there. Just push it down enough, firmly but not too hard, and it should be fine.
1248127
Its been a few months since I took it down. Twisting motion with an added lubricant should work, WD-40, Dish soap or hand soap would all likely work. I do like the product as my table had too much slack causing the umbrella to move all over the place, breaking the plastic ring. and marring the umbrella shaft.
1576649
One person can install this in 10 minutes or less. Crank your umbrella down, spread the netting out around your area to be covered (to get the circle correct & where you want to position the zipper). I am using a large table, so I put the whole thing on the table to do this. Draw the top part string clasp close to the size opening enough to slide it over the umbrella (I climbed on a step-stool to do this part), then slowly crank open your umbrella & start spreading the thing out. You will have to release string from the clasp as you go, as the netting needs to come down to the ground. After you get it how you want it, slowly fill it with enough water to keep the bottom from blowing in the wind. You will need to adjust the top clasp, to release more netting toward the ground as more water in the tube pulls it to the ground. When you get it the way you like, I would suggest maybe putting a small bow-knot at the top of the 'drop string', as the little clasp may slip a little. Hope this helps.
370986
I am not sure if you are just putting this up for an event or keeping it up for an extended period of time. If it is just for an event, then I would use sand bags tied to the bottom of each of the poles. I live in Vancouver, Wa near the Gorge and we get High winds about 4 to 5 times during the year, and my canopy is set up year round and acts as another room off my patio, and we have the canopy bolted to the house in several places on one side of the canopy and several steal stakes in the ground on the other side where we taped the poles to the stakes. It has servived 2 springs one summer, and a winter. I am very happy with this one, and over the years we have tried several other canopies. Hope the sand bag idea is helpful, dress them up if this is for an important event. 20 lbs per pole is my suggestion. GOOD-LUCK !!!!
909761
The hole is only used to help screw the anchor into the sand. You put the metal rod through the two holes, and it makes it easier to twist the anchor pole into the sand. You use the plastic clamp on the side of the pole (just above where the 2 holes are), to tighten the connection between the top and bottom poles. Just push the clamp down after you have put the top part of the umbrella into the bottom pole. Another thing that would probably be helpful is to angle the pole slightly toward the direction the wind is coming from. That will prevent the wind from getting underneath the umbrella top and lifting it out of the bottom pole (if the wind is too strong). The top part of the umbrella is pretty heavy, so gravity should help keep the two poles together properly, as long as you angle the whole thing towards the wind a little bit. But it is too heavy to angle it toward the wind too much, so we are only talking about a few degrees. If you do these things, it should help. Good luck!
1174168
Sorry, I'm no help either. I never thought to use it outside. One way to find out though!!! Let us know how it turns out.
895481
I put it under a large PVC/plastic pot and simply propped up the front edge of the pot so it was easy to get into. It worked for me through every rainstorm we had--and we have a lot. Good luck!
2163212
You have to buy sand locally. I suggest that you buy top quality playsand; you can get it WalMart, Home Depot, Lowes, KMart or Target. You'll need a few bags and we changed ours regularly to keep it clean.
1994443
We had ours out for 2 days and had a windy storm in which the lid flew off. There is no way to properly secure the lid to the sandbox. It may depend on where the sandbox is, or how windy it is, but a rock or brick placed on top of it would be your best bet to keep it secure.
1177697
I have bought it just a few days ago, I still don´t take it out of the box... but I have a friend who says that it´s a little complicated to handle with the kids inside on the dry sand, because the tires are thin, so the the car gets buried... he says that it´s OK in the wet sand...
1754611
Partially collapse the frame, put on the cover, it will not fit the hole, just lay on top of it, and open the umbrella. We could have cut a larger hole, but this method is working. We've had our umbrella over a month, 2 months, and have lots of wind, and it is just fine. No problem with it just laying there.
418032
We have the sandbox under a tree, but I think it is a pretty decent cover that would not leak very much except maybe in a major rainstorm.