Ecoturf Surfacing expertly installed both poured in place rubber playground surfacing and synthetic turf playground surfacing at a community center in Newton, Iowa. The total square footage was around 4,500. The community center chose one of our standard 50/50 color and black surface mixes and went with a beige and black rubber mix for their poured in place surface. For the synthetic turf we installed Shaw’s Playsafe 50, which comes with one of the best warranties in the turf industry! This Iowa community center’s poured in place playground area required surfacing with two different critical fall heights (CFH). The CFH is determined by measuring the highest equipment platform to the ground. The fall heights of these equipment pieces were 6 foot and 8 foot, which means they required a 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch surface depth to be compliant with ASTM F1292 Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surfacing Materials Within the Use Zone of Playground Equipment and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Standards.
We were pleased to provide a one stop service for this community center by removing their existing wood mulch surface, installing their sub-base and then installing the final poured in place rubber and synthetic turf playground surface. They realized, in addition to meeting and exceeding ASTM and CPSC standards, that poured in place rubber playground surfacing and synthetic turf are also low maintenance, extremely durable, and aesthetically pleasing! Once the 4 inches of compacted 1 inch minus AB3 sub-base was installed our certified crew started laying the first layer of the surfacing down. They finished up the surface installation by installing and stretching the synthetic turf and installing the color wear layer of the poured in place surface. It was great to see both poured in place and synthetic combined in a playground area!
We installed a fun poured in place rubber playground surface for a park in Central City, Iowa totaling 6,900 square feet. The park had specific graphic designs that they wanted to incorporate into the rubber surface. Since the surface is custom poured on site, nearly any mix of colors and designs can be implemented into the rubber playground surface. Your imagination is your only limitation! The park went with a standard EPDM rubber green and black mix to mimic grass and then added a blue “river” throughout the playground area. The playground equipment installed went with the river surfacing them and make the graphics even more fun. The graphics were easy for our veteran installation crew to create. This poured in place rubber surface was installed using aromatic urethane binder. We also install surfaces with aliphatic urethane binder. Aliphatic binder is UV resistant and clear in color which helps the EPDM colored rubber wear layer maintain its vibrant and beautiful color.
The playground at this park was installed to be handicap accessible to allow everyone the chance to to play. The park district chose a poured in place rubber playground surface because it is ADA compliant, meaning that it meets or exceeds the standards set forth in the ASTM F1951 Standard Specification for Determination of Accessibility of Surface Systems Under and Around Playground Equipment. Poured in place rubber surfaces also meet or exceed the standards set forth by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The depth of this surface was both 2.5” and 3.5” inches with a critical fall height (CFH) of 6 and 8 feet to be safety compliant.
This church in Norwalk, Iowa has had us come out every few years to install new areas of playground surfacing because they know that we are reliable, professional, and get the job done right the first time. We have installed poured in place and synthetic turf. They really enjoy the look of the synthetic turf surface and have had us install that the most. Playground synthetic turf surfacing has the appearance of traditional grass, without all the maintenance.
Playground synthetic turf surfacing is a two-layer system. Under the synthetic turf is a 100% recycled, noncontaminated, post-industrial cross-linked closed cell polyethylene foam. The padding gives the surface its shock absorbing property and provides consistent fall protection. The foam comes in different critical fall height (CFH) thicknesses needed for a playground to meet Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and ASTM standards. Our synthetic turf playground surface drains quickly, is highly durable, requires minimal maintenance, is IPEMA certified, ascetically pleasing and ADA compliant. Our synthetic turf playground surfacing is specifically designed for “high use” playgrounds and has high traffic durability. We also use a revolutionizing infill called Hydrochill Cooling Sand that can lower the surface temperature of your synthetic turf surface by 50 degrees! Hydrochill is an evaporative cooling system that absorbs moisture and slowly releases it to help cool your surface. This is a great addition to have on playgrounds.