Rubber mulch

What is it ?

• It is a soft play surface made from recycled solid rubber (SBR) bark like shreds bonded with a resin.
   
• A simple and environmentaly friendly soft and squashy surface
   
• It is a cheaper simple alternative to wet pour that meets British safety fall height standatds
   
• Requires only compacted soil and membrane for sub layer
   
• Ideally it should go flush to timber edging but could also sink into the ground with no edging.

How it Works !

• The rubber mulch and resin are mixed to gether to a  5:1 ratio
   
• It is tipped in place and leveled to 40mm or 50mm depth with a trowel
   
•  A 50mm depth provides for a critical fall height safety standand of up to a 1.6 metres
   
•  A 40mm depth provides for a critical fall height safety standand of up to a 1.1 metres
   
• The trowel is wiped clean with polysolv release agent for its final finish
   
• After about 6-8 hours of exposure to moisture in the air it will have cured ready to walk on
   
• The equiment can then be cleaned also using the polysolv
   
• The coloured mulch arrives on a pallet in 10kg bags with the resin in 25kg kegs and the polysolv in 5 litre tins
   
• Each square metre at 50mm depth requires 20kg mulch and 4kg resin
   
• Each square metre at 40mm depth requires 16kg mulch and 3.2kg resin
   
• Include some extra for the edging and surfaces not absolutely flat
   
• Mix using a forced action mixer or a paddle mixer and tub for small jobs
   
• Anchor play equipmet before laying bonded mulch

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