Weather and the elements can be a significant obstacle to having fun in your bounce house. A frequent party stopper is the appearance of rain and thunderstorms, which, depending on the length of the storm, can seriously derail and delay any inflatable bouncer plans you and your family might have had. Also, when winter and snow come along, it typically means that inflatable jumping is done for the year, as well. However, bounce houses can be just as much fun indoors as outdoors. You can use the inflatable bouncers whenever you like when there’s a roof over your head. Try as nature may, bad weather will not be able to interrupt indoor bouncing and leaping. If you have access to a building that can safely house a bounce house, such as a gymnasium or storage facility, then the bouncing can continue whenever it is desired. However, there are certain tips and guidelines one should follow when using inflatable bounce houses indoors to keep safe and have continued fun.
The first, most vital tip when using a bounce house indoors is to keep the playtime fun, and to decrease the amount of roughhousing and overly physical behavior. You are no longer bouncing on grass; you’re bouncing on pavement and concrete. For instance, if someone trips and falls down when playing on an inflatable slide, the chance for minor injury definitely increases. You can still have fun bouncing indoors, but make sure that you enforce some sort of limitations on the excitement to prevent needless accidents.
Although it is unfortunate, the fact remains that inflatable water slides, water parks, and any other combination water inflatable are not really designed for indoor use, and attempting to set them up indoors will only lead to problems. The first problem lies in the floor of the water slides and pools. Although air is being pumped throughout the entire device, the floor of the water inflatables gets the least amount of additional air pumped underneath it. Children will frequently be sliding down into the shallow pool at the bottom of their water slides, with barely any additional cushion waiting to break their fall. However, the most obvious reason as to why water slides don’t really work indoors is their need for a constant water supply. In order for an inflatable water slide to be any fun, there needs to be a constant stream of water coming from the top of the water slide. This can only be achieved by hooking up a hose to the designated spout on the inflatable slide. Unless you have a hose and water spout placed indoors, then you will be unable to use these water products as intended.
It is important to remember that all the rules when bouncing and leaping outside also apply when bouncing on a bounce house or inflatable indoors. You still have to take off your shoes before bouncing, because the constant bouncing against the pavement is already taking a toll on the structural integrity of the bouncer. The maximum amount of people or combined weight allowed in your chosen inflatable does not increase when moved inside, so please bounce accordingly. Also remember to tell guests to not play around with the sandbags. The sandbags are placed around the bounce house to hold it in place, and are specifically spaced out to cover all corners and walls of the bouncer equally. You can’t drive stakes or spikes into the hard pavement and concrete, so sandbags are the only option for safe, balanced bouncing. Leave the sandbags alone to keep the balance in tact. Most importantly of all, just remember to have fun. The poor weather can’t stop the bouncing and leaping indoors, so play safe, and the bouncing never has to stop!
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