Hi everyone,
We are looking for some advice regarding repairing a wet pour play area.
We recently installed some artificial grass for a nursery school in their front play area.
They have now asked us back to quote for some more artificial grass in the back play area.
Out the back is a mixture of wet pour directly in front of the doors and then a slope of grass and other grass areas. Originally they were planning to install artificial grass on the whole area. But a huge amount of the cost can be saved if they keep the wet pour area. The area itself is in good condition. However, where the children exit and enter the building the wet pour area has started to lift and wear. As a temporary measure they have put down some gaffer tape. They have asked us if and how this could be safely repaired.
Does anyone have any advice on repairing wet pour? I know you can get wet pour repair kits- but wondered how effective they were. What we really want to know as well is the method for repair as in my mind I wondered if it is a bit like icing a cake on the top of already set icing (it just peels off?) Oh and I am no cook- so I am sure someone here knows how to stick icing on icing lol!!
Thanks so much
Susan
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Its pretty easy to do...its easy enough stuff to work with. Ideally you would cut out the worn section entirely and refill. Colour match is unlikely to be exact as a lot of the colours fade considerably with exposure to UV, but in a muddy high traffic area you won't notice for long.
Thanks Doug for the reply. Sounds good, we have read into it a lot and sounds like you have said- cutting out the area in a geometric shape and then preparing and applying the base rubber and then top rubber and spreading out and levelling. I have someone who contacted me on twitter too who is a play area specialist so I will be contacting them too. Thanks again Doug.
No worries! Cutting the fing stuff is the hardest part by far.... i use a stanley knife, but at 3 inches plus deep its not much fun. If you find a better way let me know! Have tried a grinder but with not much success. Easy as it is to mix and work with, I hate the stuff...can imagine it will still be festering in landfill sites long after the human race as ceased to exist. And its as slippery as hell in most conditions...the only people its good for are the people who charge so much to install it in the first place. Rant over, have a nice weekend!
easiest way we have found is to use a chainsaw. if you've got an old one better to use that, and it will knacker the chain, but if you keep the height right it goes through like a knife through butter
Thanks for that Thermo.... hmmm doubt I can persuade Aye to use his beloved chainsaws! But I will tell him anyways. There are lots of companies that install wet pour but very few interested in taking it up or repairing it. No wonder by the sounds of all this!
Ah I see, yes I am with you there - it will definitely be here long after us! Hmmm sounds like we are in for some fun cutting it.
Worth a try :)
we had to take out a large area of the godforsaken cold pour stuff. probably about 70 lnm in cuts at least. tried everything. the trouble is it soaks up a lot the vibration from tools and seems to make the cutting less effective. I used an old chainsaw and it worked like a treat. everything else we tried got us nowhere. I hate all of that stuff with a passion. It definitely seems to be an industry of get in, sell it, pour it, get away quick!