Work-fit outdoor wooden wall bars

The Work-fit Wall Bars are an outdoor timber wall bar frame for fitness trails, school grounds and public parks. Wall bars are the oldest piece of gymnastic apparatus still in daily use, and outdoors they cover stretching, mobility, abdominal work and assisted bodyweight exercise on one frame with no adjustment and nothing to break. The structure is laminated Scandinavian pine treated in autoclave to class IV, finished with two coats of Lasur.

Fixings are specified more precisely on this station than on most timber equipment. Metal parts are stainless steel AISI 304 and the fasteners are electro galvanised stainless steel to grade 8.8 DIN 267, AISI 304. That combination matters on a wall bar frame because every rung carries a repeated pull load, and it is the fixings rather than the timber that determine service life under that pattern of use.

The frame suits a broad user range. Older visitors use the lower rungs for supported mobility and balance work, adults for hanging, stretching and abdominal exercise, and school groups for climbing under supervision. That breadth is why wall bars are usually among the first three stations specified when a municipality builds a trail.

Technical specification

Siting wall bars on a public trail

Wall bars are a climbing structure, so the impact zone is the governing constraint rather than the footprint. EN 1176-1:2017 requires a safety area around the frame and an appropriate ground surface within the impact zone, selected from the free height of fall. On grass sites this often means adding wood chips or an impact attenuating surface locally, even where the rest of the trail sits on turf.

Orientation is worth deciding on site. Placing the frame with its open face towards the path keeps users visible, which supports informal supervision in a public park. Dimensions, the safety area and the foundation drawing are supplied with the layout study so that the groundworks can be tendered before the equipment order is placed.

Frequently asked questions

Are the wall bars suitable for schools?

Yes, and they are frequently specified for school grounds. Use should follow the establishment’s own supervision policy, since the equipment is certified as fixed outdoor apparatus and not as gymnasium equipment.

What surfacing is required under the frame?

An impact zone surface compliant with EN 1176-1:2017, sized from the free height of fall. We supply that figure with the layout study.

How is the timber maintained?

Follow the supplied maintenance instructions, with more frequent attention where use is intensive. Spare parts remain available for 10 years.