Play Park & Soft-Surface Sanitising in Budleigh Salterton

The Moore & Franks approach in Budleigh Salterton

Budleigh Salterton keeps its play spaces as neat as the rest of the town, but sitting on the open sweep of Lyme Bay means they don't escape the weather. The recreation-ground play area, the soft surfaces near the schools and any matting close to Marine Parade pick up salt-laden air that keeps rubber crumb damp and green, while mature trees around South Farm Road and the Otter estuary drop leaf litter that stains and clogs the surfacing. Our DOFF III superheated steam sanitises frames, soft-play, changing rooms and bonded surfaces, lifting algae and salt film with non-hazardous products that are entirely safe for children. A quietly thorough Devon family firm, twenty-five years in, insured to £5m, free quote whenever it suits.

Budleigh Salterton is a settled, community-minded town, and a good deal of its play provision is looked after by the parish council and local volunteers rather than a big operator. We work for exactly those people — the folk who fundraise for a new springer and then want the whole area kept looking cared-for. A single well-used recreation-ground play area, sanitised properly, is the kind of job that reflects well on everyone who keeps it going. It's not a big commercial contract, but it gets the same care.

The equipment itself is where the work lives. A play frame has dozens of joints, handholds and moulded seats, and a wet-pour or grass-mat surface has a textured grip that traps grime — none of it reached by a sweep or a garden hose. On the sites near Marine Parade the salt film settles into all of it. The DOFF III steam works into every one of those points at temperature, sanitising the frame and the surface underneath together.

The right method here is heat rather than force. Superheated steam sanitises the equipment and matting while the pressure stays low, so painted frames aren't stripped and the soft surfacing isn't lifted or waterlogged — which a cold pressure-washer risks every time. The surfaces dry quickly afterwards, so a Budleigh play area is back in use the same day. Where the coastal damp brings growth back fast, an optional non-hazardous sanitiser over the top buys a bit more time.

Our Budleigh Salterton customers are typically within 25 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX9 postcode area and the surrounding villages (The Octagon and Fairlynch Museum, Marine Parade and the pebble beach, River Otter estuary and South Farm Road, West Hill and Coastguard Road, East Budleigh and Otterton villages, Budleigh Salterton Golf Club).