How to Install a Beach Umbrella
- 1). Finding the perfect spot to set up your beach umbrella can sometimes be difficult in a crowded location. Make sure you allow plenty of room between you and the next umbrella over so as not to block walkways; otherwise, you'll get people traipsing sand all over your towels.
- 2). Using your shovel, dig a hole approximately 1-1/2 feet deep. The hole does not have to be extremely wide--just allow enough space to insert the umbrella pole.
- 3). Collect a few inches of water in your bucket. Pour the water down into the hole.
- 4). Drive the umbrella pole down into the sand pit. Push it down further than the hole you dug by a few inches for added strength. Fill in around the pole with sand and pat down firmly around the base.
- 5). Give a few firm but gentle tugs on either side of the umbrella canopy to ensure its stability.
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