Refurbish Playgrounds for Spring
As the Spring months roll around and the weather improves, it’s time to prepare your playgrounds for the busy Summer. Now is the perfect opportunity to repair, replace, and refurbish playgrounds to prevent larger issues during the Summer.
As an experienced playground installer, we know how important Spring and Summer are to the site and local communities. Therefore, we work with play and sports areas across the UK to schedule and plan surface repairs to avoid disruption in the busy season.
Spring is the Perfect Time for Surface Upkeep and New Installations
Before the Summer rush, Spring, with its pleasant weather is the perfect time to contact us for playground refurbishment. Both cold Winters and hot Summers can impact the installation and long-term durability of rubber surfacing in multiple ways. Therefore, we recommend the balmy British Springtime as a time to update your surfaces.
Natural hazards and weather events can impact larger surface works. However, with our client-first approach, our dedicated teams keep you updated on the conditions and progress of installation projects.
Check out our in-depth guide for more information on how harsh weather impacts surface installation.
Spring Cleaning- Maintain and Refurbish Playground Surfaces
Our surfaces are designed for easy upkeep and cleaning, with most rubber surfaces requiring minimal maintenance. However, general surface upkeep and maintenance is simple with quality surfaces. So why not give your playground the care they need with a little Spring cleaning?
Here is a repairs checklist to keep an eye on now that weather conditions are right for some spring cleaning!
- Check for cracks and gaps in your surfacing. Temperature changes can cause SBR rubber to expand and contract, creating tripping hazards. Contact us for solutions including EPDM wear pads and edge strips to add an extra protection layer.
- Fill in any bald spots in loose fill surfaces. Loose-fill surfaces like playground bark can lose chippings over time. Rubber mulch is a great alternative to loose-fill play bark, without any risks of losing material, even with heavy wear and tear.
- Remove weeds from some surfaces. PlaySmart’s installations work with natural vegetation to promote tree growth while preventing weeds with a weed-resistant membrane. Other surfaces can become weak over time if weeds are allowed to grow, so this weed-proofing is necessary in any new installation.
- Gently wash surfaces with a low-pressure hose. Easy-to-maintain surfaces like JungleMulch and Corkeen are designed for durability. Therefore, all you need to prepare for Spring is gently wash the surface and remove debris.
Keeping the Outdoors Green for the Spring Months
Vibrant Natural Playground Lawn Ideas
PlaySmart has a mission to keep the UK’s outdoor spaces green in multiple ways! Vibrant, natural greenery is crucial for an attractive outdoor space. This is important because studies show that grass and vegetation are beneficial to mental health.
Hybrid Grass is a great way to support and protect grass growth and maintain a green aesthetic even as the heat yellows natural lawns. Also, the smart mesh backing of the hybrid grass rolls protects the soil and grass from the heavy tread and provides greater accessibility for mobility aids, buggies, and bikes.
Embrace Sustainable Flooring
In addition to the aesthetic and health benefits of green grass, we are embracing green development with our dedication to sustainability. We provide a range of eco-flooring options to help the sustainable development of outdoor sites across the UK.
We are working to introduce a green ethos to outdoor sites across the country by sourcing our materials for EcoSmart rubber matting from recycled tyres, innovating flooring with Net Zero sourced Corkeen cork flooring, and improving the longevity of surfacing to reduce waste.
Green development is an important goal for PlaySmart, our range of surfacing provides many different options for outdoor sites. For more examples of sustainable surfacing, check out our guide to playground sustainability.
Hybrid grass is a great alternative to purely artificial grass that brings the benefits of more consistent durability and versatility of an artificial lawn while enhancing and protecting your natural grass. The grass rolls limit damage, patching, and wear-and-tear, reducing refurbishment needs over time.
Refurbish Playgrounds for the Spring Months with PlaySmart’s Installation and Surface Repair Technician Teams
If your surfaces are looking worse for wear, now is the time to prepare your playgrounds for the Spring. Contact us to help improve the look and feel of your site to make sure it is safe for play to resume as the sun comes back!
Fill in our handy contact form at the top of this page, email us at info@playsmartuk.co.uk, or give us a call at 01564 742811.
