Visually attractive Steel Reinforced Braided Nylon Ropes provide excellent grip while being soft to the touch.
Bright colours ensure ropes are easy to see to prevent tripping and to assist development of spatial awareness. Highly durable and vandal resistant, Playforce ropes are of a specific diameter to meet with the British and European safety standards for playground equipment.
Coloured Granulated Playground Rubber is used for our unique rubber step posts which accompany the majority of our timber trail items as standard. The granulated rubber surface texture provides good grip, reducing slips and is impact absorbent. Made from shredded recycled car tyres Playforce reuses a material that would otherwise be sent to landfill.
Translucent coloured plastic sheet is made into a variety of interesting shapes that feature on Playforce playground equipment. The bright colours add visual stimulus to a playground. When a child looks through the coloured acrylic they see their world in a new and unusual way. Also the acrylic casts coloured shadows onto the ground that move in relationship to the sun.
All Playforce softwood timber is Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certified. The FSC logo allows consumers worldwide to recognise products that support the growth of responsible forest management worldwide.
Machined round timber sections are Play Guard Radiata Softwood. Rectangular sections are planed all round (PAR) Softwood. Both types of Playforce timber surfacing are quality assured and feature a sanded finish and rounded edges to reduce splintering and create surfaces which are smooth and warm to the touch.
All Playforce timber requires no further treatment as it is pressure treated to protect it against rot and the natural weathering process. Pressure treatment increases timber's fitness for purpose and protects against fungal decay and insect attack. Impregnated into the timber, the treatment becomes fixed within the wood surfaces and does not leach out.
With an attractive natural appearance, Shiplap is a timber board which interlocks with its neighbour much like floor boards. The resulting roof construction is water resistant and blocks virtually all UV radiation. The shiplap is pressure treated and is FSC certified.
A roofing option that blocks virtually all UV radiation whilst allowing light through, preventing dark spaces underneath. It is a completely water proof surface and when combined with guttering, this system can create usable spaces for outdoor learning all year round. The translucent sheet material has good impact resistance, essential for use in areas which are close to ball games.
Durable and colourful plastic panels with multiple coloured layers. The bright contrasting colours highlight steps, hand grips, entrances and exits to bring these features to the attention of the children.
Engraving patterns, shapes and games, through one coloured layer into the next, creates additional visual stimulus and increased play value. This unique material will not rot, delaminate, splinter or crack and is stain and graffiti resistant. It requires minimal maintenance and has UV stable colours. Once the panels have reached the end of their usable life they are recyclable.
Wipe clean and weather proof HPL is constructed from layers of coloured Kraft paper (60%) impregnated with a phenolic resin (40%) and formed into sheets under heat and pressure. This highly durable material, that is rot and vandal resistant, is then machined into chalk boards and other playground equipment components.
Knitted shade cloth specifically designed for tension structures. It has the ability to block 95% of the sun’s direct UV rays, creating a safer outdoor environment that can be utilised for longer.
The knitted structure of the cloth allows the fabric to breathe, which means air can circulate through the fabric to create a substantially cooler environment beneath. With its unique lock-stitch construction it is dimensionally stable, fray and tear resistant and will not mould or mildew. UV stable, the shade cloth will withstand harsh sun rays year after year. It is the world’s most widely used shade cloth.
More widely known as food grade, 304 Grade Stainless Steel is used for Playforce components, including handrails, brackets and fireman’s poles in outdoor play areas.
Playforce stainless steel components do not need painting or treating to prevent them rusting. Featuring an attractive brushed finish, the stainless steel components are visually attractive and smooth to the touch.
Vandal and weather resistant fixings combine steel nuts, bolts and screws for strength with the additional protection of a male and female plastic snap lock cap.
The cap provides a cover to protect the fixings from the elements and vandals, therefore increasing the lifespan of the equipment.
The combination of FSC certified laminated Birch plywood with a phenolic film surface embossed with a hexagonal texture provides a water resistant, anti slip board ideal for decks and floors.
Although the texture is anti slip, it is not abrasive so protects children’s clothes from wear and tear when sitting and rolling around on the playground equipment.
Play deck is a strong recycled polyethylene board featuring a top surface layer of thermoplastic rubber. The rubber surface provides excellent anti slip properties.
Environmentally friendly and easy to clean, Play deck is unaffected by moisture and requires virtually no maintenance.