Play Park & Soft-Surface Sanitising in Brixham

The Moore & Franks approach in Brixham

Out on its exposed headland jutting into the Channel, Brixham gives its play areas the full force of the weather. The play park up at Higher Brixham, the soft surfaces near St Mary's Bay and the school playgrounds all cop salt-laden onshore wind that coats matting and frames in a fine film, while sea fret keeps wet-pour and rubber crumb damp enough for black algae and lichen to thrive. Gull mess off the quayside roofs lands on the lot too. Our DOFF III superheated steam sanitises frames, soft-play, changing rooms and bonded surfaces, lifting salt film, algae and grime with products entirely non-hazardous to children. A Devon family firm twenty-five years in, insured to £5m, free quote whenever you need one.

Up on Brixham's exposed headland the equipment cops a fine salt film that settles into every textured surface — the grip on a frame, the tread of a slide, the pitted top of a springer, the wet-pour underneath. That film holds dirt and feeds the black algae and lichen the sea fret encourages, and it works into the material rather than sitting on top. The DOFF III steam draws it up at temperature, sanitising the equipment and the surfacing together, where a brush or a cold hose barely makes a dent.

The kit here is already weathering hard, so the last thing it needs is a high-pressure blast forcing damp into salt-loosened fixings. The DOFF III works the gentle way — temperature does the sanitising while the pressure stays low, so painted and moulded surfaces aren't stripped and the safety matting isn't lifted. It clears the salt-fed lichen and black algae that a cold wash just spreads, and the surfaces dry fast, so a site up at Higher Brixham can reopen the same day.

There's no pretending a clean lasts long on a headland this exposed, so we're straight about it. A sanitise timed for the start of the season keeps a Brixham play area presentable through the busy months, and an optional non-hazardous sanitiser over the top slows the salt film and lichen creeping back on the weather side. The harbour-side sites take it worst, so they tend to want looking at first. We'd sooner set a realistic interval than book a site in more often than its equipment needs.

Our Brixham customers are typically within 45 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider TQ5 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Berry Head, Brixham Harbour & Fish Quay, Higher Brixham, St Mary's Bay, Churston Ferrers, Galmpton).