Posts Tagged synthetic grass
The Cost of Artificial Grass May Be Higher Than You Think
Posted by whaleadmin in Home and Furnishings on December 9th, 2009
When you install artificial grass, you’re committing yourself to possible greater expense than you realize. First of all, the original grass has to be removed. So you have to budget your cost estimates to cover this expense. Secondly, costs depends a lot on the area of the country where you’re installing it, but you can figure on an average artificial grass cost / expense of about $10 per square foot.
For a higher quality artificial grass product, especially one in which the product has been guaranteed to be non-toxic and lead free, the price may increase to as much as $15 or even $20 a square foot. And third, even though you’re getting rid of the weekly expense in mowing the lawn, artificial grass does not last forever. And if you lay the grass in a high traffic area, you may end up replacing it every 6 years or so.
Sometimes Synthetic Grass Makes Sense
Posted by whaleadmin in Home and Furnishings on August 15th, 2009
One of the alternatives to the dustbowls or mud traps that may be besieging what should be backyard lawns these days is synthetic grass. For many though, synthetic grass is a pale imitation of the real stuff that merely gives a semblance of green to catch the eye.
Artificial grass has its place in the landscaping market particularly for providing a hard wearing, safe surface for children to play on and for pets to romp on.
Synthetic grass does not require the water or the maintenance time and effort required by the real stuff. It can cover the ground in places where it is impossible to grow grass and it always gives you a mud-free surface when in the past it may have been impossible to actually get onto the grass due to the treacherous footing.
The Temperature of Synthetic Turf on Sporting Fields
Posted by whaleadmin in Uncategorized on June 15th, 2009
I was at one of my son’s soccer games the other day and, once again, the ground condition was in a deplorable state thanks to a combination of recent rain, heavy traffic and poor ground drainage. As we often do we began discussing solutions to get over the poor playing conditions. Apart from putting in better drainage, the next obvious answer seems to be to lay artificial grass on our sports fields. We have a ground already laid with synthetic turf but one of the parents thought that during the summer months the artificial grass temperature grew too hot to be comfortable. I don’t know how true this is and he was only hearing it second hand so it could have been exaggerated beyond reason, but I’ve never heard any complaints from anyone who has used the ground.