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Rubber Mulch

Rubber Mulch

To get more accurate quantities and delivery cost, please email: [email protected]
 

What is it ?

  • It is a shred from solid rubber tyres that looks like bark
  • Provides a very soft and squashy surface
  • Can be loose or bonded but is most suited for bonding
  • Also known as resin bounded rubber mulch
  • Requires only compacted soil and membrane for sub layer
  • No edging required
  • Average cost per sqm £44 approx plus VAT
How it Works !




 

  • The coloured mulch arrives in 10kg bags and the resin in 25kg kegs
     
  • Each square metre of 50mm depth requires 20kg mulch and 4kg resin
     
  • Mix using a forced action  mixer or paddel mixer and tub.
     
  • The optimum mix of mulch to resin should be about 5:1 ratio
     
  • Anchor any play equipment before installing rubber mulch
     
  • Call MonsterMulch on 0191 645 1685 for advice and support

 

Coverage requirement per 1 square metre @ 20% resin
 
40mm depth 16 kg mulch with 3.2 kg resin  
50mm depth 20 kg mulch with 4 kg resin  


* prices excluding carriage and VAT

 

The Benefits !

 

     Resists compaction


      Dries quickly

 

    Resists freezing

 

    Not rot or blow away

 

Rubber mulch Is made from recycled solid rubber from vehicle tyres.  It is coated in a polyurethane flexible paint.  This paint is safe for children and the environment, containing no heavy metals. However, as with all painted products, it will oxidise and need recoating.  We would recommend every three to four years.  The rubber mulch should continue performing its primary function of critical fall height safety for many decades.  However when the paint wears off, it can cause a blackening, like when you rub your fingers along a car tyre. The advantage of rubber mulch is that it is simple and cheap to lay, requiring no ground preparation other than a heavy duty porous membrane. Whilst rubber mulch is entirely suitable for use as a playground surface, it will wear more quickly than a coloured wet pour surface. Therefore, it is recommended that areas of very high use (e.g. below swings, adjacent to roundabouts, at gateways and at the base of slides etc) are completed using a wear pad of coloured EPDM.

 

Detailed Laying Method for Bonded Mulch !

CAUTION DO NOT LAY IF RAIN IS FORCAST !
  1. Rubber mulch and resin are delivered to site in 10kg bags mulch and 25kg kegs resin. To mix, you can use a Tubmix Bucket Mixer, a Paddle Mixer and tub, a clean Concrete Mixer or ideally a Forced Action Mixer. It can even mix by hand avoiding contact with your skin. You will also need gloves, trowel, depth block, cloth, funnel, measuring jug, bucket and a porous membrane.
     
  2. Prepare the ground, flatten the soil as best you can. Lay the membrane over the soil area. Edging can be used otherwise the sides can just sink into a “V” trench at 45 degrees.
     
  3. Prepare the bonded rubber mulch mix, place 1 x 10kg bag or 2 bags if you are blending colours in the mixer and start turning. Ensure a full measure of binder from the keg goes in a measuring jug. The ratio is 5:1 by weight or 5:1 by volume (1kg = 1.1liters). Add 2kgs of resin to each 10kgs of mulch. Let the rubber and resin mix for 3-5 minutes or until an even consistency is achieved. Pour straight from the tub or via a bucket to the area being worked on.
     
  4. Use a block of wood to gauge a consistent depth. It can be tampered to the ground usually to 50mm. Do not compact/squash it. A two man experienced team could install in the region of 100sq metres per day.
     
  5. Caution: ensure that the mulch is dry and stays dry during curing.
     
  6. If you are leaving an edge to join to the next day, keep it jaggered so that lines are not obvious to the eye.
     
  7. Call MonsterMulch on 0191 645 1685 if you have any further questions.

Disclaimer: This system is designed to be installed for a wide variety of applications, subject to the performance requirements for your particular application and your existing site conditions, the degrees of preparation may vary.

 

* Hybrid Bonded Mulch

 

This is a new system being tested and so far shows the same performance as Bonded Mulch whilst saving  over 20% in costs.  For example our tests show a that a 40mm bonded mulch system can perform  exactly the same as a hybrid of 20mm top layer bonded mulch (with 20% resin)  and 20mm base layer 2-6mm rubber crumb (10% resin).

After all, the more expensive coloured bonded mulch can not be seen 20mm down and the resin to hold the rubber together is not as critcal in the base layer as the top layer.

The only downside may that laying may takes 2 days instead of one because the base needs curing firstly.  Also  if the same mixer is being used it will need cleaning out after the laying the 2-6mm crumb SBR base layer. Please enquire for more information.

 

 

Hybrid Bonded Mulch Critical Fall Height Chart
 Depth mm  Fall Height  Make Up
 45  1.2m  45mm mulch
 70  2.2m  45mm mulch & 25mm SBR 2-6mm
 130  3.1m  45mm mulch & 25mm SBR 2-6mm

* Results verified by Labosport
 

 

 

 

Detailed Bonded Rubber Mulch Laying Method.

Disclaimer: This system is designed to be installed for a wide variety of applications, subject to the performance requirements for your particular application and your existing site conditions, the degrees of preparation may vary.

Cautions: Check the weather conditions in advance and ensure that the mulch is dry and stays dry during curing.
Do not lay when temperatures may drop below 5 degrees centigrade before curing. There is a winter low temperatures resin can be requested. Do not allow the kegs of resin heat up much above 25 degrees centigrade. i.e. cover them from the sun.
The rubber mulch and resin (and optional membrane and cleaning solvent) will be delivered directly to the
site in 10kg bags of mulch and 25kg kegs of resin. We suggest you request delivery for the day before work or on a pre 10am delivery service. To mix, you can use a paddle mixer and tub, a clean cement mixer
or a forced action mixer. You can even mix by hand avoiding contact with your skin. You will also need gloves, trowel, depth block, cloth, funnel, measuring jug, bucket, a cleaning solvent (smoothing agent or just soapy water) and a membrane.

 
1) To prepare the ground, any solid stone or soil is fine but just not a combination of both. We do not want uneven subsidence over the years. If it is soil then
flatten the soil as best you can, having skimmed away any turf layer. Ideally (for bigger jobs) rotovate it then use a compactor whacker plate over it. Lay the
membrane over the soil area. Peg it down or put temporary weights over it. Edging can be used otherwise the sides can just sink into a small to 5-10cm “V”
trench at 45 degrees. Then later once it is cured level the soil to meet it.
 
2) To prepare the bonded rubber mulch mix, place 1 x 10kg bag or 2 bags if you are blending
colours in the mixer and start turning. Ensure a full measure of binder from the keg goes in a
measuring jug. The ratio is 5:1 by weight or 5:1 by volume (1kg = 1.1liters). Add 2kgs of resin
to each 10kgs of mulch. Let the rubber and resin mix for 3-5 minutes or until an even
consistency is achieved. Pour straight from the tub or via a bucket to the area being worked
on.

 
3) Use a block of wood to gauge a consistent depth. Let the bonded mulch fall into place and clear the excess just above your required level sweeping with the side of the blade. Clean the blade again then finish gently with the flat side. A two man experienced team could install in the region of 100 sq metres per day.
 
4) For hybrid bonded mulch which consists of a 2-6mm rubber crumb base similar to with wetpour. The base only requires a 10% resin mix. Let this fall into place to the right height but do not finish it with the flat face of the blade. It helps to have a rough surface for the top layer to interlock with. Let the base layer cure for 6 hours or more probably the next day. Clean the tools with the solvent for the next day.
 
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