Play Towers

A play tower has a magnetic pull for children. The climb up the net wall or climbing wall is the first challenge, at the top the view across the whole playground awaits, and the slide takes them back down as fast as the wind. Then the game begins all over again.

TÜV-certified play equipment

Our play equipment is TÜV-certified and meets the requirements of the European playground standard DIN EN 1176.

Prequalified in the HPQR

Our evidence of suitability for public procurement procedures has been verified and is filed in the prequalification register.

Delivery time of four to six weeks

Typically for all slide towers and tower combinations. The exact details are given for each product.

Nuremberg tower combination with green wall panels, stair access, open slide and anthracite tube slide on a sand surface

Play tower for nursery school, school and public playground

Whether a play tower with slide for the outdoor area of a nursery or a large tower combination for a public playground: our play towers come in very different sizes. The Ascona slide towers and the slide tower with roof have a roofed platform and a slide, and the slide tower with roof needs the least space, with an impact area of 700 by 410 centimetres. The Weimar tower combination, with staircase access, roof and slide, is recommended from the age of two. The Amstermax tower combination links three towers via two wobbly bridges and has room for up to 91 children at the same time.

Many tower combinations consist of two towers linked by a suspension bridge, a net walkway or a wobbly bridge. You climb up via rungs, climbing net, climbing wall, stairs or ramp, and come down via a slide, tube slide or fire pole. The hexagonal tower combines a climbing wall, climbing net, slide and sliding poles on its six sides, and the St. Gallen slide tower with wooden ramp can be set up on a hill. Bern, Naples, Lisbon and Paris also have a swing, and Lisbon additionally has a calculator and a fence panel with Braille.

Every tower offers several ascents and descents of varying difficulty, so children find their own pace. While climbing and balancing they train their sense of balance and coordination, and role play develops on the platforms: knights, pirates, princesses. You will find individual slides and swings under slides and swings.

Basel tower combination with two blue-roofed towers, climbing wall and yellow slide on wood chips in front of a house

Material, fall-prevention guards and assembly

For most models you can choose posts made of pressure-treated spruce (free of heart centre), hot-dip galvanised steel or powder-coated aluminium in red or anthracite, and for Ascona, Zurich, the slide tower with roof as well as Basel, Brandenburg, Erlangen and Weimar also recycled material. The hexagonal tower, Milan and Rome are available in hot-dip galvanised steel, powder-coated in red, anthracite or brown on request. We mill the floors of the tower combinations from HDPE sheets.

For children over the age of three, the playground standard DIN EN 1176 requires a guardrail from a fall height of 1.00 metre and a barrier of at least 70 centimetres from 2.00 metres. Our play equipment is built to these requirements. The free height of fall ranges from no more than 1.50 metres for the slide towers, for Weimar or Brandenburg, to under 2.50 metres for Amstermax, Bern and Genoa.

The towers are delivered largely pre-assembled. On site, you attach the intermediate elements and pour the foundations, and assembly instructions are included. For the Basel tower combination there are eleven foundations with a combined total of around 1.3 cubic metres of concrete.

How much space a play tower needs

A play tower needs more space than its own dimensions. The impact area of our models measures between around 29 square metres for the slide tower with roof and 170 square metres for Amstermax. Tell us the dimensions of your area and we will prepare a drawing showing the layout of the equipment and the safety surfacing areas required. Our safety surfacing calculation shows how the area is calculated, and you will find suitable surfacing under safety surfacing.

Which play tower fits your area?

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Frequently asked questions

From what age are play towers suitable?

Most of our play towers and all slide towers are recommended from the age of four, Erlangen and Prague from three, Weimar from two. According to the data sheet, Basel and Weimar, for example, are not intended for use in an under-3s nursery. Children under three should not use fire poles, as recommended by the statutory accident insurance. For the youngest children we offer our play equipment for toddlers.

How much space does a play tower need?

Between around 29 and 170 square metres of impact area, depending on the model. The slide tower with roof needs 700 by 410 centimetres, the Weimar tower combination 690 by 550 centimetres, the large Amstermax tower combination 1225 by 1389 centimetres. We are happy to draw up the layout for your area, including the safety surfacing areas.

What safety surfacing does a play tower need?

Impact-absorbing surfacing that suits the free height of fall, which on our play towers goes up to just under 2.50 metres. Safety surfacing tiles are available for fall heights of up to 2.00 metres, grass mats up to 2.10 metres. For greater fall heights, wood chips, bark mulch, sand or gravel in a layer of 30 plus 10 centimetres are suitable.

How many children can play on a play tower?

Between 5 and 91 children at the same time, depending on the model. The recommended user capacity is 5 children for the slide tower with roof, 13 for Weimar, 26 for Basel and 91 for Amstermax.

How involved is the assembly?

Little effort, because the towers arrive largely pre-assembled. On site, the intermediate elements are attached and the foundations poured, and you do not need specialist personnel for this. The number and dimensions of the foundations are given in the technical data for each model, and assembly instructions are included. After installation, an inspector in accordance with DIN 79161 approves the equipment.

What materials are the play towers made of?

Depending on the version, the posts are made of pressure-treated wood, hot-dip galvanised steel, powder-coated aluminium or, on some models, recycled material. The floors of the tower combinations are made of HDPE sheets and the slides of polyethylene. We give a guarantee of 20 years on aluminium parts, 15 years on hot-dip galvanised metal parts and 12 years on pressure-treated wooden parts without ground contact.

Made with Experience and Care

With experience, craftsmanship and attention to detail: In Kassel, we manufacture many components for our playground equipment ourselves. For thoughtfully designed playground solutions.

Simple structure

All play equipment is largely pre-assembled and only needs to be assembled and installed on site.

Made in Germany

espas produces the components in its own factory in Kassel, thus securing jobs in Germany since 2005.

Short delivery routes

Our location in Kassel is centrally situated in Germany. From here, we coordinate the delivery of our playground equipment.

Affordable top quality

Through a controlled purchasing and production process, we achieve low prices with top quality.