Artificial grass

[mushtafa]

I plan on replacing my lawn with artificial grass.

My original plan was to use grass from expressgrass.com which doesn't need sand brushed in on top. http://www.expressgrass.com/ashton-elite-artificial-grass.html

I've now got some samples from grass-direct.co.uk, and that requires the sand on top. http://www.grass-direct.co.uk/california-artificial-grass.html

I originally thought the lack of sand was a good thing. I had visions of it being walked into the house, or picked up by the wind. But from my little reading, it seems the sand could make the grass last longer, and look better, and won't be picked up. It also helps to keep the grass flat.

Can anyone chime in and shed any light on this?

 

[mushtafa]

Thanks for the input.

I had a search for Grono, the only supplier near me is Jewson - they don't give prices online.
I'm doing all the work myself, so have decided not to get anyone in to price it up. It's hard to know whether they'll just say what I want to hear to get a sale.

I think we've decided on the Ashton Elite grass from Express Grass now; http://www.expressgrass.com/ashton-elite-artificial-grass.html

2.2kg per m2, 10 years warranty, 29mm pile and doesn't require sand on top.

 

[mushtafa]

I've looked at pretty much everything sub-£20 psqm and have settled on one from B&M of all places.

If you've got one of their Garden Centres near you do go and check them out. The quality is leagues above what I've seen from Express Grass and Grass Direct, in particular the Clumber. It is 35mm pile, very thick and dense and has a W shape yarn which is excellent for bounce back. It is a tad more expensive at £20 psqm but worth it IMO. Not seen anything for that price that comes close in quality.

Lol I sound like a right sales man But I've literally just made my mind up today. If you don't have a B&M GARDEN store near you just Google Clumber grass, there's quite a few stockists online if you need a sample but some are quite a bit dearer than B&M.

I found the Clumber grass on B&M website, but it doesn't really give any information on it. It doesn't give the weight, or state whether it requires sand or not. How long is the warranty on it? Do you have any extra info? Our local store is very small, and never seen artificial grass in there.

I think 35mm pile sounds too long. I'll look through my other samples and have a look later.

We have lazy lawn here, it's been down for almost a year and still looks great (needs a brush off though!). They used kiln sand on it when they put it in, no adverse effects, you can't tell it's there but apparently it helps with the weight and anti-theft.

We have he shorter of the two wonder yarns, the longer one looked like it needed a cut, but I was 50/50 and I wonder how it would look on a large install, ours is 54sqm.

Does the sand ever come to the surface? Is it disturbed by strong winds? If I was to wash it with the pressure washer, surely it'll blow the sand out? - Have you tried that?