Surfacing

Ensure maximum safety for your playground with our selection of high-quality surfacing materials,
engineered for durability and compliance with NZ safety standards.

Durable surfaces
for endless play.

Choosing the correct surfacing material is crucial for compliance with NZS5828:2015 Playground Safety Standards and for ensuring accessibility. We offer a range of reliable and durable surfacing options, designed to protect children from critical fall heights while integrating seamlessly with your playground design.

Explore the different surfacing solutions available below, each designed to provide a safe, accessible, and long-lasting foundation for fun.

Surfacing Options

Rubber Matting Tiles

Rubber Matting Tiles provide a great aesthetic finish to your new playground. We have many options available. Tiles add a layer of security, with individual tiles being replaceable should vandalism occur

Artificial Turf

Synthetic Turf provides a great grass look to your new playground. There are various grass pile height options to choose from.

Wet Pour Rubber

Wet Pour Rubber provides a unique finish to your new playground. Combining multiple colours, curves and shapes to create a visually dynamic surface.

Wood Chip

Loosefill is a great cost effective safety surface option. We recommend the use of certified woodchip which has been impact tested, uses only untreated timber, has no splinters and has a longer life than bark. We can construct a timber edging and supply and install the certified woodchip.

Synthetic Surfacing:
Pros and Cons

Synthetic surfacing is aesthetically pleasing, accessible for wheelchairs and disabled users, clean and tidy, it can, however, be pricey depending on what earthworks are necessary and the area required.

Synthetic surfacing also doesn’t like tree roots as they can make the surface undulate resulting in an uneven play ground.

With a life span of approximately 12 to 15 years synthetic options are often a good choice where longevity is important – options after this are to lift and relay with new shock pads.

Wood Chip Surfacing:
Pros and Cons

Woodchip is cost effective and tactile whilst also being a sustainable product. It is also aesthetically pleasing but in a more organic way. The downside is that is does need to be topped up every couple of years and it can become messy.

School caretakers need to just rake (NOT dig over) the loose top out from under decks onto the playing surface regularly. It is fine around tree roots however the tree foliage can make the woodchip break down and compost faster.

With a 300mm high timber edging and capping it is not as accessible as flush to the ground synthetic surfacing. We recommend a 50mm high x 150mm wide capping which not only retains the woodchip but can be a balance beam for children or a seat for adults.

Woodchip can also have a life span of approximately 12-15 years if it has good drainage and if weed-mat is used to prevent the mud contamination.. When it gets very compacted after many years it needs to be dug out completely and replaced with new product. We can assess this for you and give advice if necessary.