Astro Turf worth it ?

Johno please? · 21 Jul 2017 at 23:25

LeeUK said:
I can't see any pros to fake grass. Might as well just concrete your garden over and put a rug out.

Can't beat a nice proper lawn.

Yep, its garbage, drove past a fairly nice house today, had fake grass out front, immediately gave the whole front area cheap look about it.

Everytime I cut my grass about 10 birds come out to eat the bugs, so I wouldn't want to do it for that reason alone.

a1ex2001 · 22 Jul 2017 at 01:04

Johno please? said:
Yep, its garbage, drove past a fairly nice house today, had fake grass out front, immediately gave the whole front area cheap look about it.

Everytime I cut my grass about 10 birds come out to eat the bugs, so I wouldn't want to do it for that reason alone.

Opinions will vary as will the quality of Astro turf installed!

Hagar · 22 Jul 2017 at 01:26

GREEN SIDE UP!

Definitely not for me. Lichen would be nice as a low maintenance alternative to grass.

mushtafa · 22 Jul 2017 at 13:00

Salty22 said:
Mushtafa if you don't mind, how much did that cost to do? looks great

Cost around £1,000 from memory. That includes the decking and fence. The decking alone was around the £600 mark.

That's just materials though

godinman · 22 Jul 2017 at 19:54

Iron-man said:
Astro turf is definitely worth getting if its in your budget, Looks good all year round and if you have kids they can play out in the garden all year round without making mess in your house when they come back indoors

Heaven forbid a toddler gets muddy playing outside!

Iron-man · 23 Jul 2017 at 11:09

godinman said:
Heaven forbid a toddler gets muddy playing outside!

Haha if that's what you take from that no problem. Try reading the post again, where did I say there is anything wrong in general with Kids getting muddy playing outside? I have not I am talking about a specific circumstance fella,

The same principal could apply to having a dog, You let your dog out in the garden several times a day would you want to clean up the mud etc. after it every 10 minutes, No but nowhere have I put don't take your dog out for a longer run to the park and let it get muddy have I.

a1ex2001 · 23 Jul 2017 at 21:49

godinman said:
Heaven forbid a toddler gets muddy playing outside!

Have no problem with my little one getting covered in mud head to toe but life will be much easier when he can run in and out to his hearts content without trapesing mud/grass cuttings everywhere we life in a small house so use the garden like an extra room and appropriate flooring outside will improve the integration.

mushtafa · 23 Jul 2017 at 21:58

I'm very surprised how many people are against artificial grass in this thread. I can only assume those people haven't seen the decent stuff laid currently.

I honestly can't name any cons over real grass.

Solus · 23 Jul 2017 at 22:30

I'm sick to death of mowing my grass but I still worry about my dog's urine developing a lingering smell on false grass. Can anyone comment?

MikeB · 24 Jul 2017 at 07:21

I have been looking into astro turf,
https://www.forevergreenlawns.co.uk/artificial-grass-for-pets/ seems okay to me, we have a greyhound

a1ex2001 · 24 Jul 2017 at 08:03

Solus said:
I'm sick to death of mowing my grass but I still worry about my dog's urine developing a lingering smell on false grass. Can anyone comment?

It's very popular with pet owners because it can simply be hosed down and brushed to clean which a lawn doesn't really enjoy!

mushtafa · 24 Jul 2017 at 18:05

If you get a good quality grass, you can use strong cleaning chemicals on them without issue. Most of them come with a minimum of 10 year warranty.

Solus · 24 Jul 2017 at 20:58

Looking for 8.5m x 7m of grass to be done, 60m2 of the stuff is expensive!

Big Spender · 25 Jul 2017 at 19:15

Im planning on doing the same in our garden, 7.5x5.5m. Anyone got some links to good suppliers they've used?

mushtafa · 27 Jul 2017 at 21:34

I used https://www.expressgrass.com/

The grass I used was Ashton Elite. It doesn't seem to exist anymore, maybe they rebranded it to just Ashton? I'd strongly grab a selection of samples. They vary greatly in colour and length.

We had problems with the delivery, but that was Tuffnells fault. We had ordered for a Friday delivery, but they left it at the depot or something stupid, which meant we didn't get it until Monday. Tuffnells were absolutely unbelievable, promised I'd see it Saturday, but it never showed. Complained to Express Grass, they didn't seem to care - but they did refund the delivery charge in the end.

Big Spender · 28 Jul 2017 at 08:41

mushtafa said:
I used https://www.expressgrass.com/

The grass I used was Ashton Elite. It doesn't seem to exist anymore, maybe they rebranded it to just Ashton? I'd strongly grab a selection of samples. They vary greatly in colour and length.

We had problems with the delivery, but that was Tuffnells fault. We had ordered for a Friday delivery, but they left it at the depot or something stupid, which meant we didn't get it until Monday. Tuffnells were absolutely unbelievable, promised I'd see it Saturday, but it never showed. Complained to Express Grass, they didn't seem to care - but they did refund the delivery charge in the end.

Thanks for the info, ive ordered a sample pack. You got any photos of your garden with the grass?

mushtafa · 28 Jul 2017 at 21:28

Look up ^^^^ post 59

Big Spender · 28 Jul 2017 at 21:45

mushtafa said:
Look up ^^^^ post 59

Just looked at your thread. Brilliant job. How does the grass feel under foot? Hard or nice and soft? We're wanting it to be relatively soft for kids to play

mushtafa · 28 Jul 2017 at 22:37

It's soft, but not as soft as real grass. My daughter plays out on it all year round without issue.

insane200 · 1 Sep 2017 at 11:59

Our garden should be done now, the guys fitting had to stop yesterday as it was raining pretty hard, they called back at 8am this morning to join the two pieces together and pin it down, all we need to do then is put some edging boards in, not sure what yet and build some decking.

total cost so far for 85sqm fitted is £3600 :/ will post a picture once i get home.