Synthetic Turf: Artificial Turf Grass Installation
Synthetic turf refers to a man-made grass-like material, manufactured from artificial materials. It is also referred to as artificial turf or astroturf. It is popularly used on sports grounds, for example in football, baseball, and hockey arenas. The structure of the synthetic turf used in sports ground varies with respect to the types of sports. In the hockey arena, the synthetic turf is short in comparison to that of football synthetic turf. In recent times, synthetic turf has been used for creating artificial lawns in residential areas and other large commercial complexes.
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Artificial Turf Grass: Installation
Installation of artificial turf is easy, provided you follow certain guidelines for laying the turf. First of all, mark the area that you are planning to install the artificial turf. Measure and note down the dimension of the area carefully. Any large stones, weeds, and grasses should be removed prior to the installation of the artificial turf. Following this, remove the top layer of the soil. Allow to dry for about a week and set a layer of crush stone (25-75 mm) in the area. For an unstable soil type, you require to lay about 100-150mm of the base material.
Level the area evenly by making use of a rake. You can use a vibrating compactor in order to provide compaction to the base material. For better installation of the artificial turf, apply a thin layer of sand. It is not compulsory to spray sand, if the crushed stone is smooth and even, then you can skip this step. Check for deep depressions, if present re-level the area. The next step is rolling out the artificial turf. You can roughly cut the excess turf by using a sharp blade.
After laying and leveling the artificial turf, carefully trim off the turf in accurate straight lines. If you are using the pieces of artificial turf, then start laying the pieces from the center. While doing so, ensure that the turfs lay in the same direction. Cut the sides of the next piece to match the previous piece and proceed following the same. Apply adhesives along the seams to adhere to the turf properly. Finally, secure the installed artificial turf by placing 6-inch length nails after every 25 inches of the turf. Add and spread infill material (sand or rubber granules) with the help of a broom.
Installing Synthetic Turfs All By Yourself
The process of installing artificial grass is actually easy, the tools that you need are very common and they can be obtained at any hardware store. As long as the surface is stable, artificial grass can be applied on any surfaces like wooded, concrete, etc, if you got natural grass already, then cap all the sprinkler heads; dig around every sprinkler to remove the head and the caps with the help of a sod cutter, also separate the root level of the natural grasses. Now measure the area to determine the final shape of the lawn. Using the marking paint mark the appropriate area. Frame the area and install the sticks, use 292 flexible plastic boards. Crushed down or decomposed granite are usually recommended. Spread down or the crushed down granite around the installation area, using the play compactor start compacting the outside perimeter about three to four times. This will create a hard base for artificial turf to lie over. The weed barrier lies on top; this prevents weeds from growing up, this is one of the great benefits of synthetic grass where there is little to no maintenance.
Measure your area before making any cuts on the artificial turf. Start with the largest area first, this will help when deciding where to place the material, give a final measurement before you cut the grass. Now you are ready to cut the edges on each side, always try to cut from the back instead of over the turf, when you cut from the top you will end up with cutting some of the grass. The artificial grass blades are important because this will help to hide if any imperfections if you have accidentally done. Make sure your blade is clean with a sharp edge, using a straight edge place your blade on top and hold very still so it doesn’t move. A straight edge is helpful and necessary because it will be very difficult to cut straight without it.
Be careful when you staple the turf, spread the grass apart, and hammer lightly. The staples will be 6 inches on center and as you drive the staple it might hit the rock underneath, if it happens find a new place for the staple because the rocks will bend the staple. As you are stapling keep checking the turf to make sure no straight fibers or yarn or anything else is left before you place the final staple. It is also important to make sure that there is no overlapping. Once you have done with nailing and stapling, use the powder brush to brush off the artificial grass against the grain to make them stand up and look attractive. Carefully spreading the infill which will help the grasses to stand vertical and this infill is a combination of sand and rubber.
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