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I'm a goofball and tore an 18" hole in the mesh of my playpen. Is there any way to fix/patch it? BTW: chucking toys into the play yard probably isn't the smartest or the safest thing to do. Lesson learned. 
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look in the camping section of a sporting store. They sell screens/mesh patches.
Or you can just sew something on there if you are sewing inclined at all.
I would make sure though, that it's against the wall if little ones are in there, because you don't want them to lean on it and go right through. -
I am required to replace them with the slightest tear, that is one of the reasons why we built our play "rooms" out of wood; Cost efficiency and not one child has ever been able to get them to move....
Bulldoze away little ones, bulldoze away....
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That's what I was going to say...the part about having to toss if they are not completely intact. I don't know my states specific rules but I am fairly confident that my licensor would not pass a PNP that was repaired....even if Betsy Ross did it herself. I think the patch would be a huge "pick at me" spot and then it becomes a danger so IMHO, I would replace.
That totally ****s though...I used to keep toys in the PNP too because it was easy but I got tired of emptying it out and reloading it after all the napping so now I don't bother and keep the PNP open and empty.Comment
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I have sewn a small hole before but only so I could make it through the rest of the week so I could go purchase a new one. Since it creates a weakness in the mesh they want pnp with damage to the mesh destroyed. I now use it for storage in my unfinished basement since we have to keep everything up off the floor due to spring seepage and it's perfect for this purpose.Comment
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Yep, I figured. I'm so angry with myself! Oh well... now to debate: new PNP or upgrade to a second crib?Comment
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I have done small (really small like millimeters) repairs on my JMasons with high quality dental floss. The secret to this is to have the "knot" be on the outside of the mesh not the interior the kids can get to. If you leave even a tiny thread hanging on the inside of it they will pick at it until it is torn. We also take a marker and color the floss the same color as the mesh so it's not easily seen by the kids. If they can see a flaw they will fixate on it and pick at it until it is torn up.
Sounds like yours in ghandi. When replacing it look for the deepest play pen you can find. The manufacturers of play pens are now making them so shallow that they only accomodate children thru the first twelve to fifteenth month. They may be way more shallow now then when you bought the one that is ripped.Comment
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They really are!!! All of the ones I have purchased in the past 4 years (6) are only mid chest to a 7 month old....by the time they are a year, they can throw a leg over the top to climb out with a little "toe climbing" on the mesh.
The horrible new quad fold "mattresses" lose their shape and will not fit snug within just a few months...
I miss the ones from the 90's. Sure it was difficult to reach them and changing a diaper in them was impossible, they were just much safer. 
I have actually had to buy two different ones for the same infant because it was too "worn" in the first 5 months of use to pass an unannounced visit. When they say "firm fitting" they mean it!
They have to fit really snug against all 4 corners and the sheets cannot have any play in them... It is getting to the point where I may not be able to continue to use them at all...
They have become disposible....
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I have looked at these a couple of times, I wonder if they would be better than a PP?
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The height including the wheels is only 38 inches. You have probably 14 of them at least in the wheels and legs then another four/five inches in the mattress. That would be a generous estimate that would only leave you with twenty inches on the INSIDE measuring from the top of the matterss to the lowest point on the side railing.
That would only work for an infant.
This is what's happening with infant equipment. It's getting sized down to the point where you have a small window of use. This is good for the manufacturer because it decreases the window of time of use thus decreasing the chances of recall, lawsuits, problems. The bigger the baby the more damage and wear to the product. If they size them down to only fit small babies who are not mobile or barely mobile then they will have made their money and not be fearful of their product being used for the bigger more agile and destructive toddler.
There's a lot of current thinking that kids over the age of one should not be in any kind of confinement. The kids from age 12 months and up are usually the ones to tear up the equipment (mesh, side rails, mattress pad, velcro attaching the mattress pads, etc). If they can make them small enough that the kid can get out of them at a young age then their product isn't being used during that time AND they get to sell you ANOTHER product for the one and up age group.
Even my fave JMason company did this. They sized their safe surround play yards down so much and cheapened the material so much over a period of a few years that they took away everything that made them great. I'm SO glad I purchased a full stock of the first few generations of them to cover the rest of my career. They take up some real estate in my storage but they are worth every penny. They easily work for a kid up till 3 to 3.5 years old. I've never had a kid climb out of them.
They are (IMHO) as safe as any one piece of confinement equipment could be. The first couple of generations of them they made were with excellent stitching, vinyl, mesh and they are a whoppin 26 inches deep. They sit just an inch off the floor so the fall zone from the top rail should one topple over is just 27 inches. They are built on tension poles and they do not have a collapsable railing. All the horizontal railing on the top is flat with no rises so that kids can use the corners as a post to wrap their arms around to get out. The horizontal railing is fixed.
The base of them is thick heavy duty vinyl that is durable and can't be torn up. Other than their safety tags that are stitched in and the velcro swatches that are there to secure the mattress pads ... there is no stitching on the interior that the kids can sit and pick apart. I just remove their product information off of it (takes about an hour or so to remove it stitch by stich) and I don't use the mattress pads that came with them. I have the kids sleep directly on the base.
I would hate to have to buy current equipment. There's nothing really out there that I know of that is deep and sturdy. I wish JMason would put their original product back in production. They were expensive but SO worth every penny.Comment
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