Whatever surfacing your playground needs, PlaySmart has the solution for you. Our expert installers have over 20 years of installation experience and can help guide you and assist you on your journey to the perfect playground flooring solution!
The Best Surface for Children’s Play Areas
In school playgrounds or public children’s outdoor play areas, safety is the core element that we recommend your surface option should provide for. Falls are common on any playground as kids run around, climb, and have fun, so keeping them protected and reducing risks of injury is vital for any children’s play area
Playground installation companies take a survey of the ground quality and the critical fall height of any playground equipment to inform the process of selecting the appropriate safety flooring. On different qualities and types of ground cover, your surfacing options may need to be adjusted to meet sufficient playground safety standards.
We recommend a combination of our SmartPlay system of playground rubber grass mat surface options for ground cover underneath play equipment with a critical fall height above 2m or with poor ground conditions. EcoSmart heavy, durable grass mats have been seen to provide critical fall height protection of up to 2.25m. However, in areas with poor ground conditions, we recommend SmartPlay shock pad underlay installation to provide the required extra layer of protection to ensure a safe space to play for all!
For general safety concerns with a special playground design vibrancy over larger playground areas, wet pour rubber surfacing like RubbaSmart is our recommended playground surface option. With unbeaten UV, ozone, and weathering resistance without the worry of toxic materials or residue that some playground surfaces can have, larger playground projects benefit in many ways from the child-safe guarantees of our surface options!
Durability in Heavy footfall
In areas such as pathways or public parks, play surfacing should offer long-term return on investments by retaining the quality of surfaces seen on installation with little maintenance requirements. JungleMulch Rubber mulch maintenance is very low compared to loose fill surfaces often used to save money on installation, which requires regular maintenance and replenishment not suitable for heavy footfall areas.
The durability of JungleMulch means that we have seen a lot of popularity in uses on pathways, embankments, and erosion control areas. The unique organic colouring process of the recycled rubber playground surface shred means that your play area or pathway remains consistently vibrant over time, and also reduces the risks of harmful colourants leaching into the ecosystem over time.
For general safety concerns with a special playground design vibrancy over larger playground areas, wet pour rubber surfacing like RubbaSmart is our recommended playground surface option. With unbeaten UV, ozone, and weathering resistance without the worry of toxic materials or residue that some playground surfaces can have, larger playground projects benefit in many ways from the child-safe guarantees of our surface options!
Meeting Accessibility Requirements
Public spaces should be fully wheelchair and buggy accessible so everyone can enjoy the outdoors equally. Providing smooth, flat, slip-resistant surfaces across our product lines, PlaySmart is the go-to for your accessible spaces that will last and remain safe and stable over time, with fewer risks of cracking or sinking than other options due to our high-quality aggregates and installation.
For some accessibility requirements, additions can be made to your playground design to cater for full inclusivity. For the visually impaired, bright colours or raised, textured bumps can be installed along paths, and for those with reduced mobility, ramped edges provide access to raised areas of your play surfacing.
Flooding risks
In low-lying areas or sites expecting heavy rainfall, typical play surfacing may not provide sufficient drainage for your playground. Porous design is important to reduce puddling and subsidence of your outdoor flooring, the unique design of our range of products.
From the grids of our rubber grass mats, to the internal microstructure of Corkeen, JungleMulch, and in particular, the Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) compliant SmartPave, water permeability is one of the reasons many of our clients value our services.
Sustainable Flooring
Many existing and new build play areas are looking for ideas and innovative designs to help their local area go green! We use shredded recycled tyres in our Jungle Mulch mulch and rubber chippings for play areas, but our major Sustainable Flooring Option is Corkeen. You can find out more about this amazing, eco-friendly play surface option in PlaySmart’s Guide to Corkeen Play Surfacing.
Incorporating Nature
In playground design, the presence of nature in the outside world should be included in many different ways. PlaySmart’s products put an emphasis on working with nature and not restricting the growth of grass or damaging surrounding plant life.
Rubber grass mats as part of our SmartPlay system allow grass to grow naturally through the holes in their grid structure so your playground doesn’t lose its natural look. To emphasise this natural look even further, hybrid grass in the UK is a very popular playground surface option. Natural grass is free to grow alongside artificial grass fibres to provide a year-round fully green appearance of a grass lawn.
Around vegetation and trees, rubber mulch is a great option, the rubber play bark alternative allows water through to provide groundwater for roots, while protecting surface root growth from wear and tear from heavy playground footfall.
Discover the Best Ground Cover for Your Playground with PlaySmart’s Experts
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