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Playground Surfacing
The surface under and around your playground equipment can go a long way toward preventing the injury potential from a fall. Hard surfacing materials, such as concrete or asphalt are unsuitable for under and around play equipment. Grass or packed earth are also not recommended because they have poor shock absorbing properties and injury may occur from a maximum fall height.
Rubber Tiles
Shock-absorbing resilient tiles provide a permanent, maintenance-free answer to playground safety and accessibility needs in compliance with the guidelines established by the CPSC and ASTM.
Advantages
- Low maintenance
Easy to clean
Consistent shock absorbency
Material is not displaced during use
Generally low life cycle costs
Provides good footing
Harbors few foreign objects
Not ideal for microbial growth
Attractive appearance
- Multiple colors can be used to form designs in surfacing
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Disadvantages
- Initial cost relatively high
Might require concrete or asphalt under surfacing
Level uniform surface is needed
May be flammable
Subject to vandalism
May curl up and cause tripping
- Could be susceptible to frost damage
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Poured-in-Place
 Similar to tiles in its shock-absorbing properties and being maintenance-free. Poured-in-place rubber surfacing is trowled around your play equipment providing a seamless surface that meets all CPSC and ASTM guidelines for safety, durability and accessibility.
Advantages
- Low maintenance
Easy to clean
Consistent shock absorbency
Material is not displaced during use
Generally low life cycle costs
Provides good footing
Harbors few foreign objects
Not ideal for microbial growth
Attractive appearance
- Multiple colors can be used to form designs in surfacing
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Disadvantages
- Initial cost relatively high
Might require concrete or asphalt under surfacing
Level uniform surface is needed
May be flammable
Subject to vandalism
May curl up and cause tripping
- Could be susceptible to frost damage
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Accessible Engineered Wood Fiber
The most common playground surfacing solution because of the reduced initial costs. Wood fiber meets the safety and accessibility requirements.
Advantages
- Low initial cost
Ease of installation
Readily available
- Less abrasive than inorganic loose-fill materials such as gravel or sand
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Disadvantages
- Cushioning potential can be reduced by environmentol conditions, use over time, pulverizing, displacement of materials
Cannot be installed over hard surfaces
Requires a method of containment
Requires good drainage underneath material
Requires periodic renewal or replacement and continuous maintenance to maintain appropriate depth and remove foreign matter
Can be blown or thrown into children's eyes
Conceals animal excrement and trash
Spreads easily outside of containment area
Can be flammable
Subject to theft by neighborhood residents for use as mulch
Subject to vandalism
- Subject to microbial growth when wet
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Ruber Mulch
Playsafer Ruber Mulch is a unique product that consists of granular rubber particles, also referred to as rubber chunks, nuggets and shredded rubber. Playground Mulch tire chips conform to all CPSC safety guidelines and has earned ADA approval, making playgrounds safe for our children while preserving the environment.
Advantages
- Retains its resiliency yr round
- Available in an array of vibrant colors
- Guaranteed to last a lifetime
- Environment-friendly
- Non-toxic
- Stays in place
- Odor free
- Quick drying
- Non staining / Non abrasive
- Will not freeze
- ADA approved
- Will not breed or attract insects
- Requires minimum maintenance
- Reduces dust and mud
- Will not rot or mold
- Rubber Mulch provides the most shock absorption which makes playgrounds twice as safe and meets CPSC safety guidelines
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Disadvantages
- Initial cost relatively high
- Subject to vandalism
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