Rubber Outdoor Play Area Design Ideas
Rubber is an incredible tool for surface design and landscape architecture, bringing new life to any outdoor space. Wet pour rubber surfacing creates solid, secure, and safe flooring for any activity. Therefore it is an incredibly popular choice for professional rubber surfaces. Another amazing rubber surface material available from PlaySmart is EPDM MulchSmart. This creates a unique, fun pattern with vibrant non-fade colours that children and adults love.
PlaySmart is a top rubber surface supplier and installer that provides expertise in long-lasting safety surfacing. Our collaborative process is dedicated to bringing our clients’ flooring ideas to life!
Here are just some of the ways PlaySmart uses to meet any needs in your sports, leisure, and play areas…
Installing Designs in Wet Pour Playgrounds
The wet pour installation process involves on-site mixing of the materials. They are then poured and smoothed out on a stable, flat surface. The groundwork requirements will differ for each site depending on an in-depth survey of the soil type, underlying materials, and drainage requirements. Our team will identify these requirements in pre-installation surveys.
Often, we apply the poured rubber flooring solution evenly across the play surface as a base layer for other rubber surfacing materials like EPDM or JungleMulch. However, when applied by itself in a wet pour design using a range of colours, each section is installed in isolation and left to set and solidify before the adjoining colour is applied. This ensures a clean wet pour surfacing pattern with defined patterns, which is important for creating clear designs and sharp lines.
To reinforce the colour vibrancy and longevity of wet pour rubber designs, you can apply EPDM crumb. This provides a layer of higher tensile strength material to absorb shocks to the surface and secure areas of weakness at the edges of each block of wet pour.
Wet Pour Rubber Colours and Themed Playgrounds
Natural Colours
Are you looking for a solution for a natural playground or leisure area that blends into the surrounding environment? Natural colours of rubber are available to create a calming, natural space.
Traditional black is not the only option for an understated surface. The dark browns and reds in our autumnal colour blends create a calming aesthetic for a variety of purposes.
Spaces with wooden playground equipment often want to incorporate the concept of nature into every aspect of the playground design. Shades of green rubber are a popular choice to offset the browns of natural wood equipment and furniture. This creates a contrasting colour story that maintains the influences of nature.
Vibrant Colours for Professional Rubber Surfaces
For a play design idea that acts as an attraction for a local playground or gathering point in a larger leisure site, vibrant colours are a great choice. These landscape pattern ideas can become a central part of the identity of any park or outdoor area. See our EPDM rubber colour and material brochure for more information and full-colour chart.
Theming playgrounds and leisure areas around a local identity or the site’s purpose helps put a unique stamp on any space. Also, a popular choice for holiday leisure sites is a beach or sea theme Meanwhile, many children’s play areas embrace an adventure theme with pirates or fairy-tale characters.
Rubber Pattern Ideas for Play Inspiration
EPDM crumb applications and wear pads can also be used as part of designs for play areas that inspire games and activities. Play markings like hopscotch patterns, number lines and running track lines can be installed on larger wet pour rubber surfaces to provide space to play for children of all ages.
Wet Pour Repairs and Refurbishments
Over time, some flooring designs and colours can begin to fade to black, leaving behind a dull rubber surface. If the surfacing quality is still acceptable for the needs of the site, livening up the flooring doesn’t have to require a whole new flooring installation. EPDM rubber design applications are great for refurbishing and redesigning an existing wet pour rubber playground space, creating divides between sections, pathways, or themed areas for different purposes.
In addition to fading, wet pour rubber can wear away and recede at the edges after several years of use. This may impact the design and accessibility of the area if not given correct reinforcement with a wet pour rubber repair kit applied to overused or weak points of the surface. EPDM mulch wear pads or edging strips are a great solution for creating an accessible playground. This provides appropriate reinforcement but also brings a pop of colour to darker or faded wet pour designs.
Looking for more information on the benefits of EPDM mulch reinforcing colour for playground designs? Then visit our expert article: Guide to Surface Installation: Securing Play Area Edging.
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