Artificial turf advice

thornbird

Hi there

I've been considering artificial grass for some time. I only have two small garden areas, but unfortunately due to health problems I am not able to maintain my lawns anymore.

It's all a bit baffling to be honest. The ranges in homebase and B&Q look a little basic for my tastes, but when I had a quote from lazylawn it was exceedingly expensive - £3K for in total 4m x 9m (thats front and back!).

I think it may be cheaper to source the artificial turf myself (say off ebay) and pay a gardener to lay it for me. However, its daunting spending so much money on ebay based on a small picture or even a sample. Ideally I wonder if some really nice MSE Forumers who've got artificial turf might be kind enough to share some advice and maybe even a recommendation or two

wallbash

and pay a gardener to lay it for me.

Should that be a builder? You are going to want a stable . level ( or do you, want about drainage? ) base.
I don't know the answer , who lays , fake grass?

thornbird

wallbash wrote: »

Should that be a builder? You are going to want a stable . level ( or do you, want about drainage? ) base.
I don't know the answer , who lays , fake grass?

You might be right! I told you it was all baffling to me!

wallbash

http://www.grass-direct.co.uk/diyinstallation/

Never going to be a cheap job.

but unfortunately due to health problems I am not able to maintain my lawns anymore.

Think Japanese ? raked gravel with a couple of pots. Must be a lot cheaper.

lostinrates

Wildflower lawn laid as turf and cut twice a year buy a gardener might be cheaper.


Or a low maintenance alternative lawn....gravel is an option, or say, creeping thyme or chamomile if your garden is low traffic and suitable conditions?

thornbird

lostinrates wrote: »

Wildflower lawn laid as turf and cut twice a year buy a gardener might be cheaper.


Or a low maintenance alternative lawn....gravel is an option, or say, creeping thyme or chamomile if your garden is low traffic and suitable conditions?

I really appreciate all the great suggestions. I had looked at wildflower before, but that can take quite a while to bed in.

EpsomOldie

Hi Thornbird - I posted some info that might be helpful on this thread: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4354779=