Artificial grass for lawns
Artificial grass (artificial
turf, synthetic grass)
is a pioneering product made of polymer fibers that offers the opportunity to
own a healthy lush looking, practically no maintenance lawn all year round.
With artificial lawn never again you will have to look at ugly scorched grass
in the summer, you will never have to water the grass and it stays green and
lush all year round.
Artificial
lawn is child friendly that makes it perfect for playing and rolling on
as well as for picnics and inflatable swimming pools. Artificial
lawn is pets-friendly and proof. Artificial
turf may be applied to any size or shaped garden including roof terraces
and patios and it is the perfect answer to muddy patches that arise in shaded
areas, and moss does not easily occur. Thanks to the very strong back on which
artificial grass is attached, roots have no chance. Roots cannot grow through
the artificial grass. This applies also for moles - they will stay underneath
the grass. Synthetic turf
grass is the best choice for a natural looking lawn at your vacation residence.
The advantages for installation of plastic
grass at your vacation residence are: -
- Cost savings in maintenance; you won't need time of your gardener to cut,
maintain and water your lawn. -
- Cost savings in water use; you will drastically decrease your water bill!
On average you can save up to 50% of your water use. Especially when your
bill is scaled pro-rated on your water use, this can have a tremendous impact
on your monthly water bill. -
- Tranquility; during your stay at your vacation residence, you will be less
bothered by maintenance people in your garden since artificial
grass needs no mowing or watering or other weekly maintenance.
Always green, your artificial
lawns at your vacation residence will always look perfectly green and well
maintained with plastic
grass. Water sprinkler systems could fail during your absence, or even your
water flow could be stopped for any reason. Natural grass would rapidly become
yellow and die. With synthetic
lawns, you won't need to worry about this any more. Is artificial grass
fire safe? High quality artificial grass must comply with the most severe norms
for fire safety. Synthetic
grass is also used in the aviation industry next to runways. Of course elaborate
tests with flammable liquids have been done and the results of these tests were
satisfying. Just like on carpet, when for instance coals fall unexpected on
artificial grass, the coals will leave scorch marks, but hot coals will not
set the grass on fire.
Like almost anything, artificial grass needs maintenance as well. Though,
the maintenance will be minimal. The special coated quartz sand, especially
when the grass is used intensively, will compact after course of time. Therefore,
it is advised to fill up the grass again with the quartz sand once a year. Furthermore,
it is required that all natural debris, like leaves and seeds, are removed when
necessary from artificial grass to prevent weeds coming up. If weeds however
do come up, they can be removed by using a rank. The roots of the weeds can
never grow deeper than 2 centimeters since artificial grass is manufactured
on an anti-weed fabric. To clean artificial grass a blower can be used without
any problems on artificial grass. Due to the fact that the grass is very even,
the leaves will be blown away easily by use of a blower. When a leave plunger
is used, it is very important to use it carefully to prevent plunging the infill
sand.
Synthetic
grass is not damaging for the environment. Even better, it helps the environment
as it does not need any water, pesticides, fertilizing or mowing. That makes
a great difference, especially with the hot summers, and in dry and water restricted
areas in countries around the Mediterranean sea, artificial grass can save tremendous
amounts of scarce water that is being used for watering natural grass. Of course,
synthetic
lawns needs to be recycled in an appropriate way after its use.
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