Are you looking for versatile safety surfacing for your outdoor flooring project? Rubber playground mulch is an excellent option for any purpose. This is because it can create vibrant flooring designs, provide extra shock absorption for high-impact areas and more! Therefore, rubber mulch is the premier flooring option for any outdoor development.
PlaySmart offers a range of rubber playground mulch flooring products. This notably includes the amazing JungleMulch and EDPM MulchSmart Rubber Mulch solutions. This guide is here to help you explore how your outdoor area can benefit from this brilliant playground surface option.
What is Rubber Mulch?
Rubber Mulch is a popular, cost-effective flooring cover that uses rubber shred or crumb. Rubber is a natural, sustainable material popular for playgrounds across the country. Additionally, PlaySmart’s playground rubber mulch, JungleMulch sources its rubber from recycled tyres. This option is therefore an even better sustainable flooring option.
The shape and structure of rubber granules give the surface a unique texture for extra slip protection. This also provides amazing buggy or wheelchair accessibility with a long lifespan for effectiveness. Rubber mulch is perfect for safe, inclusive playgrounds like nursery or young child playgrounds. This is because of the durable, vibrant patterns available on installation.
The installation process is non-disruptive and often doesn’t require a sub-base. We install a rubber base underneath a specialised, durable rubber mulch matting layer. Therefore, this creates a flat, secure surface ready for use with no extra installation of perimeter edging for grass.
What does Bonded Rubber Mulch Mean?
Rubber mulch creates a flat, secure surface with bonding materials; unlike rubber play bark loose fill safety flooring that can lose material over time. The bonding agents used in PlaySmart’s rubber mulch options are non-toxic, eco-friendly, and resistant. Our surfaces use polyurethane binders or peroxide vulcanized systems depending on your choice of mulch product.
Benefits of Using Rubber Mulch
It is Easy to Maintain and Clean Rubber Mulch
The solid surface, unlike loose-fill solutions, experiences very minimal wear and tear over time. Therefore, rubber mulch maintenance requirements are minimal. Because of this, to clean rubber mulch, semi-regular sweeping, and low-pressure washing are all you need.
Rubber mulch from PlaySmart has another trick to reduce maintenance with our innovative weed-suppressing membranes. This prevents damage to the surface from weeds while still allowing for selected vegetation growth throughout the surface life span.
Critical Fall Height Protection
Playgrounds with climbing equipment and play frames require safety surfacing solutions with appropriate protection at specific critical fall heights. Rubber materials are naturally shock absorbent due to their flexibility and tensile strength. Additionally, the internal structure of the shred or crumb of the play rubber chippings improves this fall protection further.
Because of the multi-layer system, carefully selected materials, and binding process, rubber mulch is a great surface for any site. This is because the depth of the sub-base impacts the critical fall height protection underneath equipment. However, even with a concrete base, PlaySmart’s Rubber Mulch can provide above the UK standard of 1.3 metres.
Our Top Uses for Rubber Mulch
- Around playground equipment with critical fall heights of 1.3 to 3.1 metres.
- EPDM Wear pads for high-impact areas.
- Protective overlays on wet pour surfaces.
- Embankments in need of erosion control.
- Tree surrounds.
- Paths and trails.
- It is additionally available for 3D sculpture designs.
What makes PlaySmart’s Rubber Mulch different?
PlaySmart offers two forms of rubber mulch variations for purposes across playgrounds and parks. Also, we can install them individually or in combination to create unique and multi-functional rubber playground flooring designs.
Jungle Mulch
PlaySmart is the exclusive UK distributor of the premier environmentally friendly, recycled rubber playground surface, JungleMulch Rubber Mulch. Because it is available in many colour variations, this suits any playground design or theme. It also works well alongside your other surfacing, including solid paving, or artificial grass.. Additionally to this creativity, it provides an extra level of protection as a weather-resistant, strong, sustainable flooring option.
Installation requires minimal sub-base groundwork, therefore saving you money and reducing site disruption. No matter the material or depth of your existing surfaces, JungleMulch provides a solution. This is because it is available with critical hall height protection from 1.3m to 3.1m. For more information explore our JungleMulch brochure [pdf].
EPDM
Recommended as a children-friendly playground surface solution, EPDM MulchSmart uses non-toxic, durable virgin rubber shred. Therefore, this is a great alternative to traditional SBR recycled rubber mulch playground surfaces. Developments often use this material on large scales, overlaid on wet pour in parks and recreation grounds. Therefore, EPDM is an excellent option for improved slip resistance and durability.
EPDM is a low-maintenance, cost-effective rubber surface option. Therefore it is increasingly the choice for the maintenance and repair of damaged rubber surfaces. Additionally, the vibrant colour enables developments to create vibrant and creative designs for these patches. If you are looking for more in-depth specifications on EPDM, check out our MulchSmart brochure [pdf].
