Anyone now of any Cheap PLAY BARK or RUBBER CHIPPINGS for Kids Swingset in the Garden

kennyjosiah

Hi, we have a seperate area where the kids swing and climbing frame is kept - but it keeps getting muddy and overgrown - going to give it a good clearout but rather than grass that gets chewed up - we thought of playbark has anyone any experience of playbark - does it stick to the clothes and trail over the rest of the garden ? does it hold down weeds ? and lastly anyone know of anywhere of any good deals on play bark ? Cheers !

kitekat

Hi dont know too much about the substance but as long as you lay polythene or similar under it that should stop weeds,recently saw it in Homebase 3large bags for £10.00

wolfehouse

i put playbark under kids swingset. first had to put down a weed supressing fabric though and the weeds sometimes do pop through but mostly not.

the only difference i can see between play bark and any other garden bark is that playbark doesn't have any sharp bits in it. (it's been shredded with more care?) but it needs topping up every so often as the bark decomposes.

don't know about tracking everywhere because mine is hardly every used.

frosty

have you considered rubber ?,our local B&Q had bags of them for £2.50,they were selling them as safe flooring for climbing frames and swings,the rubber is shredded.It might be worth checking out your local store.

kennyjosiah

frosty wrote:

have you considered rubber ?,our local B&Q had bags of them for £2.50,they were selling them as safe flooring for climbing frames and swings,the rubber is shredded.It might be worth checking out your local store.

Thanks, sounds a great idea - I hadn't thought of Rubber - £2.50 a bag sounds good (depending how much they hold) -

Now I have another question - does anyone know of any cheaper or bulk deals for bags of Rubber ?

Thanks once again :beer:

buttonmoonfan

I found that hardwood playchips are a good alternative to playground bark and not so messy on the kids clothes.Found mine on Google searched under hardwood playchips.

Torkijo

Bumping

Anyone know where i can get Brown/Natural Wood coloured Rubber Play Chippings to cover a kids area as i am getting fed up with the Bark we currently have.

B&Q do a green one but wondering if anyone knows or has used somewhere that sells the brown,wood coloured ones - have found dunweedin -both on eBay and net but would like to see if there are any other retailers/suppliers around that people have used.

Cheers

T

lee-uk

For FREE wood chippings i just called my local council and they are sending 1/4 of a ton round and delivering it for free too!!

I called 01772 625 625 - South Ribble.

B&Q £8 a bag, no way.

FREE:j from South ribble borough council Woo hoo!!

dunweedin09

Hi my names Mark, I work for Dunweedin ltd. we have patented methods to produce rubber chippings ion a variety of colours.
We have sold many tonnes of our rubber that people have used in there chicken runs etc.
They have multiple uses including play areas, landscaping and pathways. This is a premium product that has been tested and I can supply copies of the toxicology reports.
If you would like further information or your local stockist please e mail me at markmillington@dunweedin.co.uk or call me on 01928 735555.
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