Playtile - The best safety surface tile available today

Playtile is manufactured by Island Leisure Products, the U.K.'s leading manufacturer of rubber safety tiles, step posts, mushrooms, bollards and other recycled products. Standard Playtiles are available in black, green or a red finish.

Top Quality Product

Our rigorous manufacturing standards and special moulding processes, developed after three years extensive research, ensure that the customer receives a top quality product that is consistent in density and size.

Top Quality Materials

Playtiles are manufactured using best quality raw materials from leading UK manufacturers. The rubber being a milled, seived and graded Styrene Butadiene Rubber (Black) in reclaimed truck/lorry tyre shred form, bound together using a 10% ratio of moisture curing Polyurethane Pre-Polymer. All Playtiles are pressure moulded using the same shred material throughout.

Dimensional Stability

All Playtiles are moulded with a shrinkage allowance and will measure over 1 m.sq. Playtiles are also available in 500mm x 500mm in all thicknesses.

All Playtiles are moulded to a ± 1mm thickness tolerance.

Diverse Applications

Other uses include paving, golf courses, stables, roofing protection, dry ski slopes and ice skating rinks, patios, walkways, changing rooms, climbing walls and factory floors.

Versatile Applications

Unlike sand, gravel, bark and other loose materials, Playtiles are not off limits to people in wheelchairs. Disabled children can play with their friends instead of watching from the sidelines. Worth remembering for your special applications.

Construction

All Playtiles are pressure moulded using a 1 part mix, the top surface on all the range from 20mm - 110mm thick is identical, having a smooth top surface with a 5mm x 45° chamfer around the perimeter and are visually divided into four using a 'V' chamfer across the centre - commonly known as a cruciform.

Peace of Mind

All Playtiles are supplied with a Manufacturers guarantee of 5 years.

There are two types of rubber Playtiles:

Standard SBR Rubber Playtiles.

Standard SBR Rubber Playtiles:

are made from recycled truck tyres. They are naturally black in colour but can be dyed during manufacture to either green or terracotta red. This dye however, is not U.V. stable and will fade or darken in time. These tiles will also release a black carbon over time, which could be transferred on to shoes and clothing and are not suitable for areas where young children are crawling.

 

EPDM Topped Rubber Playtiles.

EPDM Topped Rubber Playtiles:

have a 12mm thick topping of EPDM rubber. EPDM is not a recycled product, is more U.V. stable and does not release carbon black. More expensive than SBR Playtiles, they are ideal when appearance is more important as they are brighter with a more permanent colour.

Unlike standard Playtiles, the EPDM range does not wear blacker in time on heavily used areas as each tile is made from virgin through-coloured granules providing a more permanent colour.

 

EPDM Topped Rubber Playtiles.

The underside of Playtiles

 

Playtiles are available in 1m² size and in 14 various thicknesses. Playtiles are fully tested to EN1177 and BS7188 and all comply or exceed their criteria.

Our rigorous manufacturing standards and special processes, developed over twelve years of extensive research, ensure that every customer receives a top quality Playtile that is consistent throughout. We are pleased to support this with our Manufacturers five-year guarantee.

Playtiles are manufactured using only the best quality raw materials from leading ISO registered UK Manufacturers. The Critical Fall Heights Playtile have achieved are:

Tile Thickness (mm) 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 70 75 80 90 105
Critical Fall Height (m) 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.2

 

Victorian Brick Rubber Tile.

The Victorian Brick Rubber Tile is ideal for patios, driveways, gardens and all areas where attention to detail is required. Tiles are 600mm.sq. black, red or green SBR and either 20, 25, 30, 35 or 40mm thick. *Please note that these tiles may in time release Carbon Black.

 

Why not compliment your Playtiles with our wide range of insert pictures, numbers, letters and signs - educational play!

Character, number and letter inserts moulded into the surfaces of Playtiles.

Character, number and letter inserts can be moulded into the surfaces of Playtiles. These are cut from brightly coloured EPDM sheets and pressure moulded into the Playtile during the manufacturing process.

Inserts are made from maintenance-free EPDM sheet rubber. They are permanent and will not affect the Playtiles critical fall height.

Inserts are available as:

  • Green
  • Blue
  • Light Grey
  • Terracotta Red
  • Yellow

 

Safety Tiles will not prevent accidents, but help reduce the risk of serious injury in the event of a fall.

All Playtiles over 45mm thick have a unique design feature in a large round hollow cone foot formation, which gives greater strength, durability and improves the critical fall height. This foot formation has been tried and tested throughout the world and is often specified. It should not be mistaken for the old failed 'egg box' design.

Playtile samples have also been independently fatigue tested and have been subjected to a 20,000 cycle bombardment of a 50kg mass with no signs of failure.

Playtiles have many advantages over wet pour surfaces, they provide a consistent factory guaranteed thickness over the entire area, will not crumble or crack, are easy to repair, hard wearing, do not need time for drying or setting, relatively easy to install, vandal resistant if installed correctly and are accurate to check for costing purposes. They can also be stored as a ready made package and if replaced are pleasing to the eye and are not obvious. As the Playtiles carry Factory guarantee, there are no discrepancies unlike the common wet pour problem where the rubber manufacturer blames the binder manufacturer and vice-versa and then both blame the installer, resulting in no action.

Playtiles should never be laid when still warm as shrinkage may still occur.

Rubber compounds are not guaranteed against staining. It is possible that a carbon black release may occur as the tiles age during hot spells. The problem can be overcome by using a transparent surface coating. All coloured Playtiles will darken in time due to UV exposure.

Our ISO 9001 certificate of registration

Our CST test certificate

All Playtiles have been fully tested by The Independent Centre for Sports Technology in accordance with European Standard EN1177 and British Standards BS7188:1989 AND BS5696 Part 3:1979 'Methods of Testing Impact Absorbing Playground Surfaces' and all comply or exeed its criteria. They have also been tested to the 'Specification of Impact Absorbing Mat for Children's Playgrounds', published by the Architectural Services Department of the Government of Hong Kong.