Play Park & Soft-Surface Sanitising in Sidmouth

The Moore & Franks approach in Sidmouth

Sidmouth's play spaces sit between the wooded valley sides and the sea, which is a tricky combination for any soft surface. The play area near Connaught Gardens, the recreation grounds up around Sidford and Woolbrook and the school playgrounds all catch salt off the front and shade off Peak Hill and Salcombe Hill — so wet-pour and rubber matting hold damp and green up quickly, while grit washed down the slopes grinds into the surfacing. We use DOFF III superheated steam to sanitise frames, soft-play, matting and changing rooms, lifting algae and salt film with non-hazardous, child-safe products. A Devon family firm twenty-five years in, fully insured to £5m, and always happy to quote for free.

Sidmouth takes real pride in how the town looks, and its play spaces are no exception — the recreation grounds up at Sidford and Woolbrook and the pre-school and primary surfaces are cared-for sites that the councils and committees like kept spotless. We work for exactly those people: parish clerks, school managers and the volunteers who fundraise to keep a village play area open. A tired, algae-streaked surface undoes all that effort, and a proper sanitise puts it right again.

A play park is a hands-and-mouths place, and that's the part a quick tidy-up misses. Handholds, moulded seats, the tops of springers and the low bars a toddler leans on collect residue, grime and the film that damp coastal air feeds. Steam sanitises those contact surfaces at temperature, reaching into joints and textured grips where dirt hides. It matters most on the well-used sites near the Esplanade and Connaught Gardens, where footfall runs high right through the holiday season.

Getting to some Sidmouth sites means narrow valley lanes and no handy tap, so we carry our own water and the DOFF III unit comes to the equipment rather than the other way round. The steam runs hot enough to sanitise but at a pressure low enough that painted frames aren't stripped and safety matting isn't lifted. Where the shade off the surrounding hills brings growth back quickly, an optional non-hazardous sanitiser over the top slows the return.

Our Sidmouth customers are typically within 25 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX10 postcode area and the surrounding villages (The Esplanade, Sidford, Sidbury, Woolbrook, Peak Hill, Salcombe Hill, Connaught Gardens).