How to Build a Water Tube Slide
Building your own water tube slide is not as difficult as many may think, and is an ideal project to consider whether you are planning for a special event, or simply wish to have a slide in your backyard during the hot months.
Things You Will Need:
- Industrial drainage tube
- Hand saw
- Motorized sander
- Six Steel bars
- Bolts
- Cement mix
- Ladder
- Flat board
- Water hose
- Cut three pieces of tubing with a saw so that you have two sections that are 3 feet in length and one section that is four feet in length.
- Smooth out the inside of each piece so that it is smooth enough that it will not hurt or injure anyone trying to slide down the slide when you are finished. In order to accomplish this, you will need to use a sander.
- Cut holes in each tube so that they are spaced 3 feet apart. These holes are going to be used to secure the entire slide in place with steel bars. When securing the bars into the holes, you must make sure that there is one pole on both sides for every hole that you created. Since you are working with a total of 10 feet for the entire length of the slide, you will have a total of six metal poles.
- Secure the poles to the tubing by inserting bolts in them. Secure the poles in the ground by pouring cement mix around each one. This ensures that the pole does not come out of the ground when it rains.
- Place a ladder at the top of the slide and secure it into place so that there is a flat board before entering the slide. The water hose is to be attached alongside the top of the tube and secured against one of the poles. For added water, attach one water hose on each side of the top.