News and Articles from Playground Guardian

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Your playground not only represents a long term investment, but a safe haven for children of all ages and abilities. Playgrounds need to be inspected on a regular basis to insure equipment is safe for children to play on. Maintaining the equipment and safety surfacing is your responsibility, and will provide a better user experience... Continue Reading

As communities begin recovery after Hurricanes and other forms of severe weather, it’s important to inspect playground equipment. Here is a checklist for looking after your playground, particularly in areas that experience storm surge and/or flooding. Close and Inspect If you have significant, obvious damage, like trees falling on your equipment, or if the equipment... Continue Reading

Spring is here and kids are ready to hit the playgrounds again. We all have fond memories of playing with our friends at recess or going to the park with our families. Playgrounds are a great place to experience the great outdoors, develop our physical fitness skills and socialize. Spring is here and kids are... Continue Reading

With a new year comes new budgets, strategies, ideas and goals. Are you budgeting for inspections, playground upgrades, new playground or park equipment, or just committing to better maintain your parks and playgrounds. With the help of Playground Guardian, you can keep your commitment to safer playgrounds and make maintaining your parks easier this year.... Continue Reading

Give your worn and weathered playground equipment a “facelift” with Playground Guardian’s RENEW playground maintenance and cleaning services. If you have a limited budget, our proven RENEW reconditioning process can restore your playground for a fraction of the cost of buying new equipment. To see our proven results click here. “The Playground Guardian team was... Continue Reading

Recent changes were made to ASTM F1487-17 regarding playground equipment for public use. These changes to performance requirements, equipment, and layout will most likely affect planning, designing and maintaining your parks. However, the changes specifically relating to maintenance call for regular inspections of play equipment and fall surfacing, and makes it clear that the owner/operator... Continue Reading

Welcome to a new era of determining the critical fall height protection on your playground and sports field – introducing the ST Impact Analyzer CH™. Stop wondering if your playground safety surface and sports fields are providing sufficient head impact protection. Drop the ball and know. Fast, affordable and accurate, the ST Impact Analyzer CH... Continue Reading