When choosing the type of edge that you need a playground, you should consider safety, cost and appearance. Fortunately there is enough material for almost every need playground border. We cover the three best: wood, plastic and rubber.
Wooden Playground Borders
Creosote-treated wood fences, bridges, railroad ties or telephone poles are not recommended for use in playgrounds. Children playing on creosote contaminated soil with more rasheslike children playing on contaminated land is not. Apart from that, have no impact on the health of creosote has been extensively studied in children. In adults, creosote caused respiratory irritation and prolonged exposure to low levels of creosote, coal tar can cause skin damage such as peeling. Direct long-term exposure to creosote skin cancer and cancer of the scrotum related.
In addition, landscape and wooden beams with copper chrome arsenate (CCA) treated asProtection against weather, mold and insects out, but it was made of wood, as before 2004 would still have a high content of CCA, which is dangerous, because the arsenic is in him a well known carcinogen.
Alternatives to CCA treated wood and creosote are treated redwood or cedar, which are naturally resistant to decay and sustainable harvesting. Plastic and wood composite recycled sawdust is another option. With timber ammoniacal copper quaternary (ACQ) and treatedCopper boron azole (CBA) are not known to contain known or suspected carcinogens. These substances may be corrosive metal brackets. Galvanized or stainless steel screws with ACQ and CBA should be treated woods are used.
Plastic Playground Borders
Plastic playground borders because they have no need for maintenance, keep the place freely in the playground surfacing well, and are extremely durable. As a rule, are made from recycled plastic playground TiesPlastic and zinc are used to keep them in place.
Plastic border timbers are molded polyethylene ribs in each hollow wood strength. They are available in lengths of 4 meters and 6 meters, with spikes to secure it on the floor. They are made to withstand harsh conditions and partly to come up to 10-year warranty. These woods are no sharp corners or edges, for an added measure of safety of the playground.
In addition to uses asThe boundaries of areas of loose fill playground, plastic border timbers images well for the sandbox. They can be moved easily if necessary. While the wood in all lengths and widths are available in black, some formats are easily available in blue, green, red or yellow. Different colors can usually be special ordered as well. Some manufacturers offer colored granite and stone borders for a different look.
There are also landscaped recycled plastic with wood jointsSpace for unusual shapes. Although not a good trait for a playground would be built folding edge beams are often shared space for solar lights in the joints.
Rubber Playground Borders
Although not as common as plastic or wooden beams for use in creating a playground for borders, wood recycled rubber hose used to follow the curves in a design that not only the timber in plastic or wood can . They can also be easily cut to size, and are in variousColors.
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