Artificial grass is it worth putting in my garden?
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Don’t buy the cheap stuff and lay a good base down. Next door to me had it done about 7 years ago and it still looks great. The MIL had a cheap one laid 2 years ago and looks like a greengrocers stall with weeds popping up!
Disadvantages as far as I can see is that you have to continually sweep leaves off of it and if you have a dog with a runny tummy you need to get the hose out pretty quick. Oh, and you can’t beat the smell of a freshly cut lawn.
Disadvantages as far as I can see is that you have to continually sweep leaves off of it and if you have a dog with a runny tummy you need to get the hose out pretty quick. Oh, and you can’t beat the smell of a freshly cut lawn.
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You can't beat real grass. Your lawn looks in good shape and 5 minutes mowing a week isn't to taxing.
Keep it!
Keep it!
When my neighbours had theirs done, the installer dug down and removed about 8” of soil then laid type 1, flattened it with a whacker plate, then a layer of sand, then a weed membrane and possibly more sand on top. Not exactly sure but a good few layers. Go and look at a few different qualities of grass and you’ll soon see the difference. In fact on the MIL's lawn, a tree pruner stood his ladders when pruning some trees and there are flattened dents all over it that have done been able to be teased back up. Looks awful and it’s so plasticky it’s crackles when you walk on it.
I’d agree with that too. That could be a cracking lawn with a bit of work.
Fake grass gets very hot on sunny days, can burn kids and pets feet .
As said if you must ,do it properly
As said if you must ,do it properly
The used to be ( and probably are ) two types of artificial grass.
(1) soft and realistic looking but not designed for areas where there would be a lot of foot traffic as it wore out quickly.
(2) hard and looked less realistic but tough and hard wearing intended for areas with a lot of foot traffic.
Type (2) caused a lot of cuts to bare skin if people fell over on it.
(1) soft and realistic looking but not designed for areas where there would be a lot of foot traffic as it wore out quickly.
(2) hard and looked less realistic but tough and hard wearing intended for areas with a lot of foot traffic.
Type (2) caused a lot of cuts to bare skin if people fell over on it.
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Buy a robotic lawn mower
Still cheaper than fake
Still cheaper than fake
That was my first thought but at an average price of around £400-£500 does a lawn that size justify such a big cost compared to a quick mowing by hand each week?
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