Playground Surfaces for Home With PlaySmart

Playground Surfaces for Home With PlaySmart PlaySmart, or just safety surfacing in general, you’ve probably heard about the many different options we have available. There are plenty of safety surfacings to choose from, and the options may seem endless for your home playground development. However, we don’t just stop at playgrounds! PlaySmart’s range of safety […]

Creating an Inclusive and Accessible Playground

Creating an Inclusive and Accessible Playground In UK schools, there is often a wide range of ages and abilities. Therefore, an accessible playground needs to be slightly more varied to suit everyone.  In a lot of cases, schools will be working with limited space. So PlaySmart have put together a guide to creating the perfect […]

SmartPlay installation process

SmartPlay Installation Process In this case study, we are going to go into the details of the SmartPlay installation process. You may be asking, what is SmartPlay? Well, SmartPlay is our patented foam shock pad, which when used in conjunction with our EcoSmart grass mats becomes the SmartPlay System.SmartPlay has a range of benefits, including enhanced […]

What is Critical Fall Height (CFH)?

What is Critical Fall Height (CFH)? What is Critical Fall Height? Quite simply, Critical Fall Height is the maximum height of fall from play equipment to the ground. It is the distance from the ground up to the highest platform a child can reach or stand on. Safety surfaces do not prevent injury, however when […]

6 Things to Consider When Designing a Playground

Designing a Playground – 6 Tips for Playground Design There are a lot of things to consider when designing a playground. Regardless of whether you are updating an old area or developing a brand new one, we wanted to highlight the top 6 priorities. By thinking about each of these areas, you are more likely […]

Using Artificial Grass in schools & nurseries

School Artificial Grass Installation PlaySmart has undertaken a number of school artificial grass installation jobs since the launch of our artificial grass so we thought it was about time we shared a quick case study on one! Our most recent artificial grass job was on behalf of Red Monkey Play at Our Lady & St Huberts’ Catholic Primary […]

Muswell Hill Primary School – Case Study

Asbestos Removal – Muswell Hill – Case Study Read on to discover more about our case study on Muswell Hill Primary School. In this project we undertook asbestos removal and covered it with our JungleMulch playground surfacing. Asbestos. The world’s favourite building material. That was, until scientific studies linked exposure to asbestos to several diseases, including […]

The impact of weather on installations

The Impact of Weather on Rubber Surfacing Installation Everyone is going crazy about the #hottestdayonrecord (or at least #hottestdayoftheyear). As a result, we thought we would take a moment to discuss how the weather impact on our playground surfacing installations. When it’s hot: When it hits 30 degrees, our mulch and wetpour products can’t be […]

New Surfacing – Rubber Mulch Fitted around Existing Play Equipment

Rubber Mulch Fitted as New Surfacing for Existing Play Equipment Our clients often ask us if it is possible to install new surfacing for existing play equipment. It absolutely is and this is often a great way to improve safety, lower maintenance and give your play area a new lease of life! Therefore, rubber Mulch […]

Can I use More than one Surface on my play area?

Can you Use Multiple Surfacing Solutions? Often clients assume they have to choose one surfacing solution for their area – this is not always the case! If you don’t want a uniform finish, PlaySmart is able to mix and match multiple surfacing solutions so you can enjoy the benefits of several products on-site and the […]