Such has been the success of our playground trim trail equipment manufactured out of recycled plastic, we have now extended out the range to make other products out of this special material. We have especially focused on those products which are most likely to be exposed to damaging elements or materials daily through the sheer application […]
Last year Castle Primary School in Northampton ordered one of our outdoor classroom pods to be used as an outdoor learning/library hub. The unique pod – with its distinctive features of a green round Hobbit style circular door and arched roof – was an immediate success with both teachers and children alike. So much so […]
Our outdoor classroom pods are becoming increasingly popular in schools who are using them for a whole variety or reasons – outdoor classroom, forest school shelter, library, nurture room and even as an office! They are pre-manufactured units which come delivered off the back of a truck and are then either lifted into position with […]
Play equipment in schools has traditionally been made out of timber (in public play parks steel is more common due to vandalism issues) and for good reasons. It is attractive and easy to work with but it can’t withstand the rain and the cold for too long. Time consuming on-going maintenance does certainly help but […]
We have a lot of enquiries from schools who run forest school programmes and who are looking to provide for some kind of shelter for the children but usually it is a request to cover an existing fire pit area. The schools want to have the facility of being able to light fires outdoors but […]
We have created an imaginative product for forest schools (or school playgrounds for that matter) and that is the Gateway to the Enchanted Forest…or perhaps we should say the gateway to children’s imaginations. It features a large Hobbit style double leaf round door – one side of which has a viewing hatch which children can […]
We totally understand that if a school is looking to buy a product that is over a certain amount of money (usually £3-5k), then this capital expenditure has to be approved by the Board of Governors. And we also totally appreciate that a school has to get a minimum of three quotes and as part […]
The Problem Facing Schools Regarding The On-going Maintenance of School Play Equipment Like anything that is used constantly, is outside the whole time and is subject to all weathers and all seasons, school playground equipment needs regularly maintaining with thorough inspection checks undertaken every month or so. Children’s safety is paramount of course but maintenance checks conducted […]
Schools always need to provide for some shade and shelter from the UK’s ever changing elements and the products they can buy or use range from literally hanging up a tarpaulin sheet right over to the more grandiose shade sails. But true to form, we at the Hideout House Company always like to innovate when it comes […]
You would like to think that it was fairly straightforward developing your playground but sometimes it can be quite daunting. So over the years we have developed our levels of service to ensure that we can help you every step of the way right from the initial concept through to final completion. Below are some of […]