Artificial Grass ....,...

gothgirl2121

Would dearly love to use for garden, tired of having constant mudpit, As I have 4 elderly hounds and ( almost always) a foster dog. I'm sure dogs would love to sunbathe on a lawn.Need to cut costs, is it difficult to lay yourself? Has anyone on forum completed similar project themselves?I know that you have to level ground, remove sharp stones.Lay sand, Level and then membrane, before laying the turf.How hard to do is it?
Thanks, In advance, to anyone who replies.x.

timbo29_2

Hi Gothgirl2121

I'm going to try and revive this thread as I also want to have artificial grass in my back garden. I took up some paving flags and looking to lay it on the existing sand, which the paving slabs where laid over.

There does seam to be some quite useful websites but I wasn't sure if anyone knew where to buy to get the best value, so far i've looked on line and in B&Q! They both seam to cost about £200 for an area of about 3 x 5m

Thanks
Tim

originator

I cheated and got a firm in to do it but ohhhh it's lush,worth every penny

Davesnave

Spammer above ....gone!

Mark497

It is not that hard to install on your own. You can read some blogs or watch some online tutorials in case if you are not comfortable with installing it on your own.

missbiggles1

My dogs would just dig it up.

SailorSam

It might sound like a good idea but i'm not so sure, the grass is always greener.....

andrewf75

what about artificial flowers and trees? all year round colour, no need to prune..no insects buzzing around.

Together we can defeat nature.

Am I on to something here?

Floss

We're seriously thinking of using it under the fruit trees on our allotment to cut down the weeds & make the windfalls more easily collected without them rotting away in the undergrowth. Its an area of around 4 x 3m.

kyh

We have artificial turf in our garden (we live overseas and grass doesnt grow here) and it is great as long as the ground is properly level and you have a membrane underneath. You also need to tape the pieces together at the join to stop them moving around too much.

We just sweep ours or you could use a leaf blower to keep leaves and dust off it.

I would also say invest in the best quality you can afford as the cheap stuff is really thin and prickly.

Davesnave

Floss wrote: »

We're seriously thinking of using it under the fruit trees on our allotment to cut down the weeds & make the windfalls more easily collected without them rotting away in the undergrowth. Its an area of around 4 x 3m.

A second hand artificial fibre carpet would be more MSE, or otherwise, Mypex sheeting does an equally good job....

Or is your allotment one of those one sees in coffee table books ?