Engineered Wood Surfacing
Engineered wood surfacing has become a popular choice for playground safety surfacing in the last ten or twelve years for a variety of reasons. First, the head injury criteria and impact attenuation o…
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Is Your Playground Spoiled Rotten?
… and UV degradation of plastic, and the biodeterioration of wood. The following is an introduction to the major maintenance problem of wood used in outdoor playgrounds—biodeterioration. Under opt…
Is it Really Engineered Wood Fiber?
Over the last 20 years, engineered wood fiber has been the most utilized surfacing in the commercial playground industry. It is very affordable, will last for years, and meets basic ADA accessibility …
Engineered Wood Fiber
…he introduction of manmade surfacing products is engineered wood fiber. Unlike wood mulch, which is produced primarily for landscaping purposes, engineered wood fiber is manufactured for the intended …
The Dangers of Arsenic Treated Wood
… The article was about the dangers of arsenic-treated wood and it begins with a mother telling her story of how her son became affected from playing on a wooden playground. Renee Krasnokutsky be…
Getting the Most Out of Your Engineered Wood Fiber
…ington, D.C. area recently did such an analysis. Engineered wood fiber was the least expensive initially and in the long run, according to their analysis. The more expensive unitary surfaces don’t req…
Arsenic and Old Laws
…closed amid fears of children being exposed to arsenic from wooden playsets constructed of CCA (Chromated Copper Arsenate, an arsenic-based wood preservative) treated wood as well as from the contamin…
The Changing World of Wooden Playgrounds
The wood materials segment of the play equipment market has had its share of hard knocks in recent decades. Some of it stems from discoveries inferring health hazards due to certain preservative appli…
A Silver Lining
… alternatives to using CCA (Chromated Copper Arsenate) as a wood preservative already exist. CA-B (Copper Azole Boron) and ACQ (Ammoniacal Copper Quat) are being used as wood preservatives by lumber c…
Wooden Wonderland
…om. Few tend to agree how big a problem it is. The American Wood Preservers Institute (AWPI) quote one set of guidelines, the environmentalists another. Florida's own Department of Environmental Prote…
Thinking Green
…s structures are made of a material referred to as "plastic wood ." This synthetic material has the general appearance of wood and is used in much the same way, but Bemanian says that using plastic in…
Keep a Tight Maintenance Schedule For Loose Fill Surfacing
…example, it takes twelve inches of loose-fill or tub ground wood surfacing (engineered wood surfacing) for a twelve-foot fall height. If the surfacing falls below twelve inches, you will not have the …