Choosing the right surfacing is essential when designing a playground or outdoor sports area. Safety, comfort, durability and compliance: every project requires a solution suited to its intended use and environment. Discover our surfacing solutions for your future projects:
Our Surfacing Solutions
Grass / Natural Turf
- Advantages: aesthetic, natural, environmentally friendly
- Limitations: suitable for critical fall heights of ≤ 1 m for playgrounds and ≤ 1.5 m for sports areas; requires maintenance; limited accessibility for people with reduced mobility (PRM).
PROLUGRASS Cellular Rubber Mat
- Advantages: aesthetic, cost-effective, made from natural rubber, accessible for people with reduced mobility (PRM)
- Limitations: aesthetic, cost-effective, made from natural rubber, accessible for people with reduced mobility (PRM)
Artificial Grass (with or without Underlay)
- Advantages: cost-effective, durable, permeable, available in a variety of colours
- Limitations: regular maintenance required; a high-quality, level base (aggregate or stabilised surface) is required.
Wood Chips / Gravel / Sand
- Advantages: natural, durable, reusable, suitable for free fall heights of up to 3 m
- Limitations: Requires an additional 10 cm in depth and width of the area; the specified aggregate grading must be respected.
Impact-Absorbing Safety Surfacing
- Advantages: suitable for critical fall heights of up to 3 m, can be installed on concrete, asphalt or compacted aggregate, permeable, available in a variety of colours
- Limitations: maintenance required; high-quality materials can have an impact on the overall budget.
Resin
- Advantages: cost-effective, available in a variety of colours
- Limitations: impermeable, non-impact absorbing, requires a clean, hard base (concrete or asphalt).
Additional Elements
P1 Concrete Kerb / Timber Log Edging
Several types of edging are available, in concrete or wood. The most commonly used are P1 concrete kerbs or timber logs (approximately 140 mm in diameter).
Timber / Metal Edging
Edging strips provide a more flexible solution than P1 kerbs or timber logs.
Concrete Edge Beam
A concrete edge beam is created by excavating a trench in the base (aggregate, asphalt, etc.) and filling it with concrete. It is approximately 10 cm wide and 8 cm deep and provides an anchoring surface around the perimeter of an impact-absorbing safety surface.
Concrete Footing / Foundation
A concrete footing or foundation consists of a volume of concrete poured into a hole made in the base, in order to secure a Type B play structure.
Geotextile
A geotextile is a permeable textile material, often synthetic, used in contact with the ground for reinforcement, separation, filtration, drainage or protection. It is generally used at the bottom of loose-fill surfacing areas to separate the loose material from the ground.
Chamfer / Bevel
A chamfer is created by forming a gentle slope to reduce the thickness of an impact-absorbing safety surface. It must be positioned outside the impact zone so as not to reduce the critical fall height (CFH).
Do you have a playground or sports area project? Contact the Proludic teams for support with its design and implementation.
