[Closed] Anyone laid artificial grass in their garden?

after returfing 3 times in simialr circumstances put some down last summer rain or shine the kids can play on it no brown spots from trampoline etc and they can ride bikes on it as well
would advise wacker plate to level sand before laying though
wish we had done it years ago putting some on the front this year

Did it a couple of years ago for the same reasons you are. Highly recommended.

We cut some golf holes in it for the kids to have the option of footie/golf etc. bonuses include no mud getting trailed into house, time saved from grass cutting = more biking time.

Had the odd grass/weed seedling grow but 10 mins pulling them out and some weed killer and it's sorted.

Did you guys lay it yourself?

I'm heading down this road too.

Thinking hardcore and whacker plate. Do I need a membrane somewhere?

Which turf did you buy. I presume you get what you pay for?

When we got a Chocky lab he destroyed our grass in about 2 weeks, I walked by the council laying astroturf for the local football pitches and recieved a free bit that was about 4m x 3m . Anyhoo Its been brilliant but after 2 years Im having to lift It as the weeds have finally managed to seep through It and It will need regular cleaning or you can get a black film over the top of It.
Worth the money though or In my case brass neck asking for a Off cut. My dog is getting old so Im now going to just sew some grass this summer.

My plan is to remove the 'turf', level the plot, nail the area with weedkiller, lay a weed-resistant membrane, lay & whack sand (depth TBC), lay new stuff.

Crikey that bad eh ... plastic turf and all that ... 😯

Can't you just cement the whole garden?

Have done mine with Namgrass artificial grass. Best improvement to the garden ever. More time relaxing in the garden less time picking cat s*** out of bark chippings (not my cats).

Levelled the earth, created a pegged in wooden frame, stone dust (thick layer), compact, sharp sand (thin layer), compact, weed membrane nailed to the wooden frame, artificial grass down, trim with Stanley knife.

Sounds quick but it took a while. If I was doing it again I would skip the sharp sand and use more stone dust as it compacts much better. Result is great. The toughest bit was getting the 4m roll through a terrace house. So heavy it needed four of us but no space to get it through all the doors and corners.

It doesn't look natural so don't fret too much between the different options (I did). Some are quite clearly craply made though so steer clear of those. As I said I recommend using stone dust with at most a 20 level of sharp sand as the top layer.

Yeah. A midge-fest too on windless evenings.

I've been thinking of this for out the back too - not much light gets to the most of the grass, a big bloomin trampoline doesn't help either, and it's mostly moss and bare patches anyway.

It's preparing the ground underneath that I wasn't too sure about so thanks for the info above. Any chance of some pics of the DIY stuff? Most of the supplier site pics always look a bit perfect, would be interested to see how it's turned out for folks.

I used these guys - if your in Scotland..... http://www.scotgreens.com/crookstongreen.php They have an off cuts section on the site.

Your spot on with your plan but add a final step of spreading sharp/kiln dried sand over the "grass" - that will keep it down even in the strongest winds without needing anything else to pin it down.

Looking at this it sounds like a great idea, but I have a lot of fruit trees (plums , apples) overhanging my supershaded trampoline covered "green" patch. If clearing the squished fruit off the artificial grass a hassle?

Our springer spaniel decided to trash our back lawn and with being a bitch her urine burnt the grass and then it become a mini Somme replica, so we decided to have artificial lawn laid.

We used a company called http://golfgreensforeuuk.co.uk/ who sent us some samples first in the post so we could decide which shade / type we wanted.

The guy travelled from Newport Pagnall in a day to take out the old lawn and lay down a new one.

I can recommend them if you want to use a specialist company.

The lawn itself is easy to care for, just sweep it if you feel like or hose it down when the dog has done a poo on it!

Create a meadow instead 🙂

Think of the bee's dude!

This thread must be the most blatant display of astroturfing that stw has ever seen

IGMC 🙄

interested to see pics of what it looks like installed?

Thanks for the tip on Scotgreens.

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Bit of a crap picture but here's ours. Darker shade of green to the natural grass in the field behind. Ignore the dog turds on the lawn... Will clean it up in a minute!

You have a big difference in quality with artificial grass. Low end fake grass goes from 3 - 4£ m2. Top fake grass goes up to +30£ m2. So it depends of your needs but i can suggest it because of the lack of maintenance.

Have had good experience in the past with [url= http://www.namgrass.be ]namgrass[/url], they even have a UK based firm was well.

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Professionally laid, dogs love it, piece of piss to clean even in the winter, great for ball games, snowmen etc...

Who needs real grass. ha ha

You go away for 5-6 weeks in the summer?

...and you're bothered about grass?

Why?

Have had good experience in the past with namgrass, they even have a UK based firm was well.

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Gee thats so nice of you would you pop round and show us....

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anyone else's irony chip melt with the idea of astroturf being [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing ]astroturfed?[/url] 😀

Nope. Ize fatigued with Labor turfin. Graz stuff is refresshing. Like.

That grass looks so incredibly fake....cleaning grass.....BAHAHAHAHAHAHARRRRRRRR.

Your children need to roll around in mud....not only are our sterile indoor environments contributing to the development of allergies but it seems that our childrens gardens may be as well!

Your garden is meant to be your little bit of nature, not ****ing plastic. The only excuse for this crime against humanity is if you have hay fever!

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Neighbours opposite have fake turf (apparently because their dog is allergic to the real stuff). Looks OK but driving their next door neighbour up the wall because the water runs straight off the turf into his garden, turning it into a swamp.

I don't particularly care because I dislike both of them, but if you want to keep good relations...

At the moment the 'lawn' is 90%+ moss. I want a surface for our wee lad to be able to play on.

moss is better than plain grass for playing on, there is more of a layer over the mud underneath.

becoming very popular with the 'seniors'.. no mowing no mower always green.. whats not to like..

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Embarrassed admission time: the first time I saw fake grass outside a house in Amman, Jordan, I was amazed that they had managed to grow such thick dark luscious grass in that climate.

Now I know how they did it. 😳