A rubber play surface is the best option for indoor and outdoor play area flooring. It is made of resilient tire-derived recycled rubber crumb which gives them long life and long-lasting safety properties in both indoor and outdoor settings. Its tire-derived rubber composition gives rubber playset mats excellent resistance against damaging environmental factors. Rubber interlocking play tiles can be installed over a wide range of surfaces with the use of simple materials. Depending on the surface the where the playground tiles are to be installed, the ground must be prepared differently; however, a rubber play surface is easy to install with the used of connector pins.
“Eco-Sport 3/4-inch” Interlocking Rubber Flooring Tiles
“Eco-Sport 3/4-inch” Interlocking Rubber Flooring Tiles
- Can be permanently installed using a glue adhesive
- Rubber surfacing protects base surfacing from the shock of feet and heavy weights
- Environmentally friendly floors that use recycled rubber in order to reduce overall waste
- Perfect for use as gym flooring, garage flooring, animal flooring, deck flooring, and a whole lot more
All-Weather Protection: One feature that makes this rubber surfacing stand out is their endurance in outdoor conditions. Recycled rubber often contains high contents of EPDM since it is made from old tires. EPDM is ideal for outdoor use because it resists the harmful effects of UV rays and ozone. These rubber floor tiles can also handle moist conditions; so do not worry if a little bit of water gets on them.
Good Foot Traction: Good flooring products, whether used as play flooring or as sports flooring, should give feet an added level of traction. When a foot has a good level of traction on the ground that means it is more secure and the chances of a fall are greatly reduced. Keep yourself and others safe with these traction-enhancing soft floors!
What is the Best Material for Playsets?
The best material for playsets is recycled rubber crumb due to its long-lasting safety properties, including non-slip traction, impact absorption, and comfort. Rubber play surface tiles are made of resilient recycled rubber crumb which gives them long life in abrasive conditions. recycled rubber crumb derives from post-consumer vehicle tires that have been ground up. Vehicle tires experience harsh terrains and environmental factors daily without suffering damage – this same durability is seen in recycled rubber crumb products. Due to their vehicle tire origins, a rubber play surface made of recycled rubber crumb will resist damage caused by impacts, abrasions, and environmental factors, including UV rays, ozone, oxygen, and wet weather conditions. Rubber naturally possesses a high coefficient of friction which allows it to retain its non-slip traction when moisture is present, making them perfect for use as outdoor play area flooring where they will be subjected to precipitation. In addition to its natural traction properties, the recycled crumb rubber composition of interlocking playground tiles produces a textured surface that helps further enhance rubber’s natural traction. Furthermore, recycled rubber crumb safety mats are also designed to provide excellent impact absorption. Rubber retains a high tensile strength and a low compression set, allowing rubber playset mats to withstand heavy and repeated impacts without damage. With rubber’s high tensile strength, rubber play surface tiles will not break or tear under heavy impacts or pressure. Additionally, rubber has a low compression set that allows rubber mats for play areas provide a bounce that will offer a thick enough barrier between the force of an impact and the has subsurface. Not only will rubber’s low compression set offer excellent impact absorption, but it will also offer excellent comfort qualities. Although children may be full of energy, they can still feel fatigued, making a soft rubber surface a comfortable alternative to harder surfaces. Rubber play surface tiles are thick enough to provide enough padding to offer a cushioned surface to reduce pressure on feet, ankles, knees, and lower back area.
Playground Slide Landing Mats
- Traction Qualities: The surface texture of the rubber mats makes for a slip-resistant surface that will help reduce trips and falls and kids land on the mat.
- Increased Safety: The rubber surface reduces the uneven ground surface that may have developed due to wear and increase safety by evening out the ground level.
- Ground Wear Protection: The 5mm thick rubber playground slide mat is the ideal gauge to added a layer of wear surface above your playground surface.
Inexpensive Floor Protection:
A rubber mat for bottom of a slide is an ideal way to protect playground floors. Playground slides mats are a useful tool in maintaining the lustre of a playground and adding life to heavy impact and traffic areas under playground slides. Wear by abrasion will cause erosion over time. In a playground play areas will wear from repeated impact and contact. This form of wear is caused by contact between shoes and playground floor material. Since the landing area of a slide is immovable, the surface around the landing location will always suffer more damage and ear than other parts of a playground. If a playground’s floor surface is made from rubber tiles, pour-in-place rubber or turf, this abrasive wear will cause a loss of material by the passage of hard shoes over the surface. The damage to playground flooring can be expensive and pre-empting the damage by using a rubber mat for the playground slide’s landing surface that will protect your investment.
How Do You Prepare the Ground for a Playset?
You prepare the ground for a playset in different ways depending on the type of surface. A rubber play surface can be installed over a wide range of surfaces, such as grass, dirt, concrete, and wood. The ground will need to be prepared differently depending on the surface. For instance, hard surfaces, such as concrete and wood, do not need much preparing unless you are using glue to install the rubber playset mats. It is important to remember that glue installation can only be used on hard surfaces and cannot be used on surfaces like grass or dirt. For glue installation, you must prepare the ground by removing any debris or moisture that is present to ensure a secure application. Rocks and other large debris can break the tiles or create an uneven surface which can lead to dangerous tripping hazards. Contrastingly, there are a few more steps require in preparing grass and dirt surfaces for the installation of a rubber play surface. For both grass and dirt surfaces, it is important to use a geotextile weed barrier to prevent any plants from growing through the rubber play surface. Geotextiles are “permeable fabrics which, when used in association with soil, have the ability to separate, filter, reinforce, protect, or drain” (Wikipedia.org). You may place interlocking playground tiles directly over the grass with a geotextile layer between them. It is important to have a permeable geotextile barrier to allow moisture to drain from the surface. Dirt surfaces need to be compacted to create a flat and level surface to avoid an uneven play surface. Uneven depths of a dirt surface can create an unstable and uneven playground surface.
A rubber play surface made of recycled rubber crumb is designed to provide excellent safety and comfort properties in both indoor and outdoor playgrounds. Rubber safety mats will efficiently absorb the force of impact and provide traction to ensure safety when children are playing. Its tire-derived recycled rubber crumb composition gives rubber mats for play areas long life in the face of impacts and damaging outdoor environmental factors. While they are durable enough to stand up well against abrasive conditions, they are also soft and buoyant enough to provide excellent comfort qualities. Rubber playset mats can be installed over indoor and outdoor surfaces, including concrete, wood, grass, and dirt, with simple preparation steps to ensure a flat and even surface.
