it's a matta of safety... Matta playground safety surfacing
Matta Products (UK) are specialists in the provision and installation of playground safety surfacing to help make kids play areas safe.
Playgrounds offer children fun, fresh air and exercise in what should be a safe environment. In the UK each year, it is estimated that over 150,000 accidents occur in children's playgrounds. Most of these are minor mishaps - a bumped head, bruised elbow or grazed knee. However, hospital treatment is required in around 40,000 cases. When you consider these facts, you need to ensure that you've done all you can to prevent injury at your site.
With so many options of playground safety surfacing available on the market, choosing the right safety surface for your playground can be a complicated business. Some of the factors to consider when selecting a safety surface include:
- Hygiene - can any nasty substances or harmful objects, such as dog mess or needles be easily hidden within the surface? (A potential problem with loose fill surfacing)
- How durable is the surface? Will it require ongoing attention to maintain its safety surfacing properties?
- What about the flame retardant properties of the material? In the worse case scenario of an arson attack, will the surface burn easily?
- Will the whole surface need replacing or will there only be localised damage?
- If damage does occur, how easy is it to fix and what will the repaired area look like?
- How well does the surface drain?
- What levels of service can the supplier provide?
For further information about the facts to know before selecting a playground safety surface, request your FREE Guide to safety surfacing by clicking here.
Matta Products (UK) offer a safety surfacing solution for every playground situation: Safety Mattas cover grass areas whereas Play Mattas offer a colourful solid style surface solution and Surface Mattas provide an existing surface repair solution. Matta surfacing is unique in design and made up of interlocking, 97% recycled rubber tiles to help make your play area a colourful, fun and safe place for children to play.
Play Mattas provide a solid style rubber playground safety surface, ideal for installation over concrete or hardcore to create a safer, more colourful playground
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Safety Mattas provide a safer surface for play areas whilst allowing grass to grow through it for a natural looking, safe environment
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