Astro turf and heat

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Each to their own 🤷‍♂️🙏

rob7475

pinkteapot said:

Pleeeeeeeease consider removing it (and not replacing it). Artificial grass is absolutely appalling environmentally and I'm constantly dismayed that we're so disconnected from nature these days that we'd choose to lay plastic sheeting across our land rather than plants. 

That's a bit of a sweeping statement. We've had artificial grass down for around 7 or 8 years and it's great. It means children can play in the garden all year round which was impossible before as the grass would just turn into a mud bath.

I'm not sure what the environmental impact is from artificial grass? For a lot of people, the alternative would be laying a patio which increases rain water run off and flood risk. Artificial grass allows water to drain through naturally. There will be some impact of the plastic production but as it's not a single use product, I would think the impact would be minimal.

Monsternextdoor

Doozergirl said:

If it's not even laid properly, why not pull it up now? 

Ours has only been down for a week or so. We'd actually need weather capable of heating anything much for it to get hot.  It's not going to happen this year, put it that way.  

Still not completed on the house !!

Bloody solicitor has gone on holiday

Monsternextdoor

Its going as its horrible, Id rather have grass and none of us have allergies to the grass.

The whole garden needs landscaping as its been left to go wild and its full of brambles and nettles. But the astroturf will be used for choking the weeds prior to landscaping.