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The standards,
in plain English.

What each one actually requires, and which parts of your project they apply to.

Bonded rubber surfacing beneath a shade sail
ASTM F1487

The public playground equipment standard. Sets use zones, spacing, entrapment limits and structural requirements. Every commercial structure we sell is designed to it.

CPSC Handbook #325

The federal guidance document. Not law by itself, but it is what an inspector or an attorney will reference. It covers layout, age separation and surfacing.

ASTM F1292

Impact attenuation for surfacing. This is the one that sets your depth: a six-foot fall height needs six inches of rubber mulch, not three.

IPEMA certification

Third-party validation that a component was actually tested to the standard it claims. We supply the certificates with your order paperwork.

ADA / 2010 Standards

Accessible route to the play area, accessible ground-level components, and transfer access to elevated ones. Surfacing has to be firm and stable along the route.

Free CPSI safety review with any quote

Send photos of an existing playground and we will flag what fails current standards - even if you buy nothing.

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Surfacing done to depth

Fall height, use zone and depth checked on each of these before the crew left. Every photograph is work this crew did - no renders, no stock.

Crew laying geotextile fabric over a prepared surfacing pad
Fabric going down before the mulch - the step nobody photographs.
Inclusive playground on green and tan poured rubber with shade
Inclusive build - poured rubber wall to wall.
Fresh black rubber mulch pad with activity panels at the edge
Black mulch laid to depth, bordered and done.
Rubber mulch being installed around a new play structure
Mid-install - mulch going in around the footings.
Row of sensory and activity panels along a fence on black mulch
Ground-level panels for kids who do not climb.
Shade sail over blue poured rubber surfacing
Shade sail over blue poured-in-place rubber.

Tell us the space. We handle the rest.

Drawings, safety spec, surfacing math, funding paperwork and install - all from one company you can actually come visit.