7 Benefits of Soft-Fall Playground Flooring
Safety, comfort, and fun are front of the mind for parents when they take their children to an outdoor playground. The right surface materials incorporated in playground designs make a substantial contribution to most of these requirements. Research by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that around 80% of the injuries sustained by […]
Top 5 Types of Slip-Resistant Flooring for Commercial Facilities
Top 5 Types Of Slip-Resistant Flooring That You Need Today The selection of good flooring matters. For real estate developments, public parks, gym and leisure facilities, hotels, playgrounds, and other areas, the perfect flooring contributes to the safety and comfort of people using them. Slipping and tripping are some of the most common causes […]
Why Is Uv-Resistant Soft Flooring A Must-Have For The Outdoors
All flooring should be fit for purpose, but outdoor surfaces must tick more boxes than your average indoor flooring. Exposed to harsh UV rays and weather conditions that may range from extreme heat through rain, frost and snow, outdoor surfaces must demonstrate a higher order of resilience. Choosing the right type of surface for the […]
How To Cool Urban Heat Islands: Surface Choices Make A Difference
City environments are primed to respond heatedly to increasing global temperatures. Selecting surfaces for their cool qualities can contribute to more human-friendly conditions. The phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect is having a new moment in the sun, even though it was first identified in London more than 200 years ago. It explains […]
Global warming and the safety surfacing of Outdoor Playground, Fitness areas and Waterparks
Global warming and the safety surfacing of Outdoor Playground, Fitness areas and Waterparks World leaders were last year in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt for the 27th United Nations Climate Conference, or COP27. The meeting came after one of the hottest and driest summers in Europe, record flooding, droughts, big fires, and hurricanes elsewhere in the world. […]
Accessibility of Polysoft absorbent flooring in playgrounds, water parks, exercise areas and leisure spaces
Inclusive spaces provide the opportunity for everyone to play together and should be accessible to people of different ages and abilities to encourage them to interact with each other. Play is one of the most important ways that children stay active, learn, explore, develop their creativity, make new friends, and develop their own abilities and […]
How Long Does Safety Flooring Last? Inside PolySoft’s UV Aging Tests
When any new product or system is developed, manufacturer must set the guarantees that will be offered to the market. They must go beyond the legal requirements and therefore the duration of its lifespan must be estimated through accelerated aging tests, environmental tests, pilot projects in extreme conditions, etc. We are going to talk a […]
Measuring slip resistance of a flooring system on dry and wet; the Polysoft choice and results
There are different standards in the world for the measurement and classification of the slip resistance of wet and dry flooring: DIN51130:2004-6 (Germany) DIN51097 (Germany) BS7188:1998+A2:2009 Article 5 (UK) EN13036-4:2011 (Europe) AS/NZS 4586:2013/Amdt-1 2017 (Australia / New Zealand) ASTM E303-22 (USA) ANSI (NSFI) B101.3-2012 (USA) JT/T763 (Japan) The problem is that each of them define […]