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Wooden playgrounds
Planning, safety, maintenance and damage

(Please note: This title is only available in German!)

Playgrounds made of wood are gaining in popularity: The naturalness of the material is desirable from an aesthetic, educational and practical point of view. But here too, safety comes first. DIN publishes reliable standards for wooden playgrounds. This book provides a thorough overview of the various aspects that need to be considered when planning, building and operating wooden playgrounds. It contains relevant extracts from standards and is intended to serve as teaching material and a reference work for practical use. The following topics are covered:

• Information on the selection of play equipment
• Selection of wood, wood preservatives and coating
• Structural protection in practice
• Mechanical and biotic damage
• Legal situation and basic safety aspects
• Repairs, maintenance and care

This book was developed by a group of experts and is convincing due to its high practical relevance and optimal comprehensibility.
 

Practical work covering a variety of topics

The planning and design, maintenance and care of wooden playgrounds pose special challenges that can be compared to a playground made of metal or plastic materials only to a limited extent. In this book, specialists, companies and inspectors will find a wealth of practical knowledge that will enable them to design and maintain durable, safe, beautiful and fun wooden playgrounds. This book gives answers to questions such as:

• How and from what should a wooden playground be built?
  The selection of available woods is large, as are the options for wood preservation and coating. The material also places specific requirements on structural protection. The book provides a wide range of information on these topics.
• Which standards, guidelines and other conditions must be met?
  From DIN 18034 and DIN EN 1176 and 1177 to the legal principles for operators and manufacturers arising from the German Civil Code (BGB), this book provides answers to the most important questions of legal certainty and conformity with standards.
• What risks are there?
  Wear and tear and changes, rotting fungi and pest infestation - the book offers comprehensive help in assessing and preventing such risks and damage.
• Maintenance, care, inspection and repair
  This book provides information on carrying out repairs, the type and frequency of inspections and much more for the maintenance of wooden playgrounds.

It is a thematically wide-ranging book that provides planners and practitioners with the necessary tools - including a directory of relevant associations and institutions.

Included in this book:

• Introduction
• Information on the selection of playground equipment
• Wood selection - suitable wood species for playground equipment
• Structural protection in practice - Illustrations
• Wood preservatives and coatings
• Natural and human-induced changes to the material properties of playground equipment
• Biotic damages: Fungi
• Biotic damages: Insect damage - photo documentation based on expert reports
• Legal basis for road safety in playgrounds
• Repairs
• Maintenance and care
• Index
• Index of relevant associations and institutions
• Index of authors

This book is for:
Experts, municipal decision-makers (city councils, etc.), architects, pest control, property managers, wood preservation specialists, timber construction companies, carpentry companies, civil engineers, universities, students, playground inspectors