Artifical lawn, Any good, look good, easy to lay?

mickymunn

Hi all,

Looking at getting the fake lawn for the garden as our grass is just to problematic due to lack of sun, dog ect. Our lawn is a perfect circle in the middle of the garden and its all brick edged.

Just wanted some feedback from anyone who has it, does it look good? lasting well?

Also fitting it, ive seen some videos on youtube and it looks quite easy to lay, how is it stuck down around the edges ect ect.

Any help appreciated

many thanks

moonpenny

I've been thinking about this too!

Saw some on you tube being professionally laid and they put sand over the whole thing. Wondered if it would eventually end up with weeds growing out of it like gravel.

I put gravel down over weed suppressing fabric and after a while got weeds growing with the dust etc that is blown onto it.

anotherbaldrick

Dogs and artificial turf are not a good mix. Dogs, artificial turf and children are a serious health hazard.

gmgmgm

We don't have dogs on ours, but the children love it. I think it's great. Lots of different kinds, so expect to get plenty (10+) samples.

Gloomendoom

My sister-in-law has it in her back garden instead of real grass. It just needs vacuuming every once in a while. She lives in Australia though so the problem is too much sun, not a lack of it.

paulsad

There's one near me as we walked past the other day better half looked at me and we both said "looks fake" at the same time. First time we've agreed on anything in about 5 years!

chris_n_tj

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

Dogs and artificial turf are not a good mix. Dogs, artificial turf and children are a serious health hazard.

Sorry but i beg to differ here.

Year 7 with artiicial turf and have 2 dogs and now a grandaughter playing on it. It looks as good as it did when hubby put it down, and there has never been any problems at all with it.

HEALTH hazzard? Not at our house. hubby jet washes it and it is sold as pet and children friendly. We did buy a good one, so I cant say what the cheapers ones are like.

WE love ours, we would never go back to "real grass" no mowing, just the odd wash, and yes I have been known to hoover it with Henry.

anotherbaldrick

chris_n_tj wrote: »

Sorry but i beg to differ here.

Year 7 with artiicial turf and have 2 dogs and now a grandaughter playing on it. It looks as good as it did when hubby put it down, and there has never been any problems at all with it.

HEALTH hazzard? Not at our house. hubby jet washes it and it is sold as pet and children friendly. We did buy a good one, so I cant say what the cheapers ones are like.

WE love ours, we would never go back to "real grass" no mowing, just the odd wash, and yes I have been known to hoover it with Henry.

It is recommended that you disinfect as well . Whereas on natural grass nature has the ability to break down the toxins and pathogens in animal waste, artificial turf does not and the nasties get held in the base material . Hosing or jetting does not remove them.

Jaynne

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

It is recommended that you disinfect as well . Whereas on natural grass nature has the ability to break down the toxins and pathogens in animal waste, artificial turf does not and the nasties get held in the base material . Hosing or jetting does not remove them.

That's not entirely true. The nasties can be killed by organisms in the soil but in reality once they're outside the dogs body they're on a limited timespan anyway. Sunlight kills most bacteria not adapted to live in it very efficiently and once any solids dry up or break apart into sufficiently small parts (helped by say pressure washing or just hosing) all the bacteria will die due to lack of food.

If you need your lawn to be "clean" right now then hose and stick down some disinfectant and it will be reasonably nasty free but if you're happy with it being clean by tomorrow just make sure there isn't any solid mater left and hose it down and let sunlight do the rest.

anotherbaldrick

hose it down and let sunlight do the rest.

I thought one of the supposed advantages of lazy grass was that you could use it in the winter months.

maninthestreet

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