Rubber for Playgrounds—For Backyard Endeavors, Rubber is Perfect!
If you have kids in your life, and you want to provide them with a safe and personal environment to let them play in, a backyard set of swings, monkey bars, or slide (or all three!) could be the perfect option for you and your family. A playground for the little ones, located directly in your yard, can ensure that they get exercise, fresh air, and sunshine, even when you can’t take them to the park. And with rubber for playgrounds, it’s easy to turn your lawn into an affordable, durable, and fun looking recreational space. A dependable safety surface is going to be a key component in any backyard play area, but high quality doesn’t have to translate to high costs. Rubber surfacing is available as playground rubber tiles or individual outdoor play mats that come in a variety of sizes, materials, and prices so safety is definitely not something you have to skimp on! And with so many of these options being easy to install—this could even be a great DIY project to have the kids help with!
With flooring that is suitable for every type of playground equipment, region and budget, we’re sure you’ll find what you need. Check out these 5 reasons why you should use rubberized outdoor safety matting for your backyard playground!
- Fall Protection
When it comes to your children, safety should always be one of your top priorities. Rubber for playgrounds provides a softer surface for kids to play on, especially if you’re setting up your play equipment on top of a concrete or stone patio. Even grass and dirt can be unforgiving in the event of a fall! But rubber is supple and elastic, which will provide much needed give under the sudden weight of a falling body. A rubberized safety surface is often available with raised designs, which add traction and grip to the material’s natural high coefficient for friction. This added traction, paired with water’s natural resistance to water, produces a great slip resistant surface that will help keep your kids on their feet!
- Assortment of Styles
Outdoor safety matting comes in many styles—and often in bright kid-friendly colors that allow this product to lend itself to the creation of fun and unique games. Playground rubber tiles can be used to create a checkerboard effect that will enhance the visual appeal of any play area. Also available as individual outdoor play mats, and runners (which can be custom cut to a number of lengths), elastomer can be utilized in nearly any space.
- Economical
Rubber for playgrounds is very affordable! Often rubber that is used in outdoor applications is made from recycled automobile tires. This is a great way to teach kids about recycling and sustainability—but this is not only an eco-friendly product, it is also a wallet-friendly product. Because recycled materials are often used, this allows for savings to be passed down to customers. And, because many of our styles are proportionate to the size that needs to be covered, you don’t have to pay for more than you need!
- Durability
As fun as it might be—putting a playground together in the backyard, we’re pretty sure you don’t want to have to do it over and over again. We’re also pretty certain that the same can be said of your safety surface! Outdoor play mats are designed to be durable, because often times they do have to double as weather resistant matting too! More often than not, playground flooring is also going to be outdoor flooring, and that means that your surfacing has to be able to stand up against constant sunlight, rain, and in some places even snow. As we stated previously, outdoor safety matting is often made from recycled tires. Now, if you consider the sort of environments that automobile tires are designed to function in—extremely hot asphalt, excessive moisture, snow, and ice, then the durability of this product makes perfect sense. This is a surfacing option that just might survive under the feet of your children!
- Ease of Installation
Another great way to save money is by installing your own safety surface. But this has many more benefits than just saving you money! Rubber for playgrounds is really very simple to install, with many products requiring little technical knowledge. Playground rubber tiles are easy to interlock and mats need only to be laid out and allowed to settle under their own weight. This would be a great project to undertake with your kids! Allowing the little munchkins to have a part in the setting-up of their own play area is going to help them appreciate it, and will really make them feel like it’s their own personal space. And it’s a great way to instill in them some great work ethic without putting them in harm’s way with heavy machinery!
Backyard playgrounds are a great gift to give your kids. They will provide healthy entertainment and will help them build happy memories of their childhood home. Just make sure you ensure their safety with the use of outdoor safety matting, which will give any play area a softer and more secure surface.
