Safer Surfacing

Safer surfacing is designed and tested to provide a level of impact absorbency that should prevent brain damage or even death in the event of a fall involving the head striking the ground.

While to a certain degree safer surfaces will help, they will not necessarily prevent broken bones or other injuries to the head or the rest of the body for that fact.

Grass Saver and SafaGrass

Both surfaces are open textured rubber matting which is installed on top of existing grass/turf surfaces. Grass Saver, at 16mm thick is suitable for low to medium height play equipment, while SafaGrass, at 22mm thick is suitable up to at least 2.0m fall height, depending on site conditions.

Both surfaces are also very good for helping to reduce ground erosion.

Synthetic Grass

We have a full range of synthetic grass surfaces to provide you with everything from a simple all weather surface, right up to fully tested safer surfacing, both of which will give you all year round use.

Wetpour

An in-situ laid rubber safer surface. With thicknesses available from 20mm up to 110mm to cater for a wide range of fall heights. Wetpour is an attractive, virtually seamless rubber safer surface, available in a wide range of colours. Wetpour can be laid on to existing (sound) tarmac or concrete surfaces without the need for additional sub-base work. In this instance, ramped edges would be constructed.

Loose Fill

Loose fill surfacing such as woodchip is initially the most cost effective safer surfacing available. You can achieve good fall height protection but you do have to be prepared to maintain bark pits regularly. 300mm deep bark pits are required as a minimum for high level equipment. We normally recommend raised pits to avoid extra expensive earthwork and they are less likely to suffer from drainage problems.