Why Are Playground Inspections And Playground Maintenance Visits Important?

Playgrounds are there to have fun in, they provide an enriched environment for children to discover, learn and challenge themselves. Properly maintained playgrounds keep children safe when they are maintained…

• Keep children safe
• Protect your investment
• Continuity of play and play experience
• Legal obligation

 Playgrounds are often a huge investment, but the initial investment should not be the end of the journey. It is crucial that playgrounds and inspected and maintained on a regular basis. Playgrounds must provide safe environments for play and recreation.

• Your legal obligation – It is your legal obligation as the owner of children’s play equipment to carry out, and importantly record regular playground inspections in addition to routine playground maintenance. It is your responsibility to keep your playground well-maintained for the safety of the users. Should an accident or incident occur and you have failed to record the inspections and maintenance then this leave you vulnerable.
• Protect your investment, and extend the life of your play equipment – By carrying out essential refurbishment and repairs to your playground equipment, it will extend the life of your play space and helping to remove the need for costly replacements. Maintenance helps your playground to prolong the life of your equipment, extending the life of your playground and protecting your investment.
• Improve play experience – if playground equipment is broken or perhaps missing, children will miss out on learning experiences. By investing in maintenance, you will be ensuring that the children accessing the playground equipment can continue to explore, learn and have fun in a safe environment.
• Keep children safe – properly maintained playgrounds keep children safe. By maintaining your playground, then you are minimising the risk of preventable injuries. It is important that your playgrounds continues to be a fun, safe environment for play and recreation.

 Timotay provides a playground annual inspection service for all Timotay installed playgrounds. Click here to contact us for more information and quotation

What Is Included In A Playground Inspection Visit?

Our team of experts will carry out a thorough inspection and service for ultimate reassurance and peace of mind, and includes:

1. Operational inspection and report
2. All play features, fixtures, and fittings checked / replacement of safety caps if missing (Nuts bolts and screws replacement included
3. Water play service (includes dismantle, flush, and clean pipework, service pumps, if applicable)
4. Spray application of timber treatment
5. Visual inspection and re-bond / sand minor imperfections in edges of synthetic grass.
6. Visual inspection of other surfaces
7. Any consumable products including play sand, play bark and gravel to be visually inspected and then quantified and quoted (to be quoted following report submission)

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