A worn play area costs a school twice: in lost play time, and in constant upkeep on a fixed budget. Loose fill scatters and thins exactly where children land, and turf that is not built for heavy daily use packs down, wears thin, and holds water in the high traffic zones.
Summerland Primary School in Henderson, Auckland, has replaced its tired surfacing with two engineered surfaces that take heavy daily use and stay usable all year round.
The stats:
- 356m² of Pour’n’Play, 15mm TPV top layer over a poured rubber shock pad
- 360m² of PermaTurf landscaping turf (Summer 30)
- 716m² of existing surfacing removed and disposed of
- 716m² of new compacted basecourse laid, with new edgings installed
- Pour’n’Play area dug out to finished levels, PermaTurf base tidied
- Temporary site fencing and full site clean up on completion
New Surface Photos
Location: Summerland Primary School, Henderson, Auckland.
The main fall zone is now 356m² of Pour’n’Play, poured in place as one continuous piece over a poured rubber shock pad with a 15mm Rosehill TPV top layer. The shock pad is calibrated to the equipment fall height, and the surface meets NZS 5828:2015 for impact attenuation. With no joins and no loose fill, there are no trip hazards and nothing to scatter, so the surface stays accessible for wheelchairs and prams.
Because Pour’n’Play is fully porous and free draining, the playground drains after rain and stays open through an Auckland winter rather than closing for days. The TPV granule holds its colour under UV far longer than EPDM or coated SBR, so the surface looks the part for years, not seasons.
Around the play space, 360m² of PermaTurf landscaping turf (Summer 30) replaces grass that wore to dust in the high traffic zones. It is fully permeable, runs up to 20 percent cooler than standard artificial turf underfoot, and needs no mowing, watering, or patching.
Numat removed and disposed of the existing surfacing across the site, laid new compacted basecourse and edgings, and dug the Pour’n’Play area out to the correct finished levels before the pour. NumatREC certified installers completed both surfaces, with temporary fencing in place and the site cleared on handover.
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