View Full Version : Artificial grass??
BENDOGGER
15-06-13, 09:49 PM
Thinking of doing my back garden in this as the dog keeps killing my grass an the little girl likes to play on it.
Anyone laid any? How hard and where did you get it from as looks pretty pricey
Don't know anything about it mate but jewsons sell it.
Novasport
15-06-13, 09:57 PM
Costco sell it but it is not cheap!
Southie
15-06-13, 09:58 PM
Artificial grass is bad if you fall on it, your child will end up with burn on there legs... Only know this from seeing mates play 5 a-side over the years though( I'm thinking AstroTurf though).
it is chuffing expensive.... have you thought of putting up a fence on your garden to keep the pooch from the bit your little'un plays on??
can you still get pepper dust?? it is ace at keeping dogs & cats away from your lawn.
Novasport
15-06-13, 10:00 PM
The new stuff now is mich softer than the old Astro Turf
basically, you kill off the grass, then level it with sand, and lay the green carpet..... its porous, so it lets rain thru, which means it lets dog mess thru too, so its not very hygienic..
if the dog is simply running round like a maniac & wearing it out, you can lay a plastic netting on it & once the grass has grown thru it, it makes it strong enough for cars to drive on it too.
BENDOGGER
15-06-13, 10:14 PM
Cheers guys yeah your right it is expensive I need around 20m2 so not gunna be cheap. I've looked on net and like you say it just looks like a case of building a wooden frame to tack it to fill with stone then top layer of sand.
I can't put a fence round my lawn as the little one loves to play with the dog and same other way round.
Like I say doesn't look hard but was just seeing if anyone had done it to confirm.
i've laid pretty much everything but fake grass... for the work that goes into it & cost, you could pave it twice......
either pay the money, or make sure your little'un has had her jabs...a bit of muck at an early age prevents stuff like asthma
Jeff16v
15-06-13, 10:29 PM
What you need is one of these
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/b7de1a35ec1febc5d7306062e6d9d47f_zpsb309069e.jpg
Problem solved, :-)
i think i'd rather scoop it up than clean all the shyte off the dodgy dog bondage outfit.....
turbojolt
15-06-13, 11:49 PM
here is the 411
- its to expensive
- it looks cheap
- its ****
brainsnova
16-06-13, 12:21 AM
My mate and me done his 4mx7m around £15 a square meter and it still look the same a year later and his dog runs riot.
Saloony
16-06-13, 01:21 AM
Gravel...
BENDOGGER
16-06-13, 06:59 AM
My mate and me done his 4mx7m around £15 a square meter and it still look the same a year later and his dog runs riot.
Cheers mate where did he buy it from? How did you lay it an fix it? Was it simple enough?
It has to to be this or grass as we have a patio paved area and a big decking square and wood clippings where her trampoline is so I need grass or fake stuff as its where they sit and play an mess around.
It's not the dog **** that kills it its the piss as she's a bitch an it burns it if you get me.
here is the 411
- its to expensive
- it looks cheap
- its ****
Have you actually looked/felt proper fake grass?
We had samples from about a dozen suppliers in differing qualities etc, and yes the really cheap (but still expensive) stuff is terrible but even adding a few quid per sq m got you to a product that was very close to that of real grass and didnt need sand in it.
For an acceptable quality and look of product you need to be looking at about £30per m^2 which for a small garden is great as it pays for itself in a year or two but anything over 20m^2 and its not the best route IMHO.
Cheers mate where did he buy it from? How did you lay it an fix it? Was it simple enough?
It has to to be this or grass as we have a patio paved area and a big decking square and wood clippings where her trampoline is so I need grass or fake stuff as its where they sit and play an mess around.
It's not the dog **** that kills it its the piss as she's a bitch an it burns it if you get me.
A friend had similar trouble. He used a hosepipe and a dog repellent product. The hose diluted the piss and the repellent trained the dog to go elsewhere
L33 LEG
16-06-13, 01:35 PM
The front grass at mine is half moss and generally fooked so we keep thinking of getting some. Does it look decent or still tacky like the stuff used to look years ago? We don't go on the grass so it's just got to look nice really.
Looks decent now. Can even get some that looks half dead (yellow). lol
L33 LEG
16-06-13, 01:41 PM
Ace lol I might dig up the lawn this summer and see about getting some, either that or gravel.
Golf course style 'dwarf?' grass ftw.
phunkynova
16-06-13, 03:41 PM
Dam only if I knew some thing about grass maybe I could help you
brainsnova
16-06-13, 04:02 PM
I just dig down 3 inch from the final height, put down a 3x2 frame round the perimeter putting 2x2 pegs at the corners etc to hold the frame square and level. Fill up an inch high layer of hardcore and then top up with sharp sand. Wack it and keep topping it up until its flush to the top of the frame, damp sand helps, staple over weed barrier fabric. Lay out the AstroTurf and fix with decking screws as they are green
deneil_gsi2000
16-06-13, 05:24 PM
My neighbours just jad his lawn done and its great stuff, it looks great and is fairly soft. But as said it definately isnt cheap.
Cant believe im the only one to say get rid of the dog.
Solved.
Dam only if I knew some thing about grass maybe I could help you
Look at me, look at me. I look after golf course greens! ;) lol
on most golf courses, they will happily shoot dogs & small children for having the temerity to walk on the grass....
on most golf courses, they will happily shoot dogs & small children for having the temerity to walk on the grass....
But they let ****tards like me on there who's golf is more like landscape gardening lol
on most golf courses, they will happily shoot dogs & small children for having the temerity to walk on the grass....
Or hack balls at them. 'Falling Down' style.
That old bloke messed with the wrong passer by. lol
But they let ****tards like me on there who's golf is more like landscape gardening lol
and me.
my chip is akin to me digging a post hole with a grafter spade lol
Which makes us better at gardening than tj lol
I like golf though,just a shame im ****,and my "game" is considered vandalism or criminal damage lol
I like golf though,just a shame im ****,and my "game" is considered vandalism or criminal damage lol
Stop swinging your nine iron at car mirrors en route home from t'boozer. lol
Stop swinging your nine iron at car mirrors en route home from t'boozer. lol
lol I even get mucky looks on the pitch and putt courses lol
lol I even get mucky looks on the pitch and putt courses lol
lol I reckon I must be class. My basket of balls lasts ages at the driving range.
any golf course that doesn't have a small windmill somewhere on it isn't worth playing on...
lol I reckon I must be class. My basket of balls lasts ages at the driving range.
Once went to Washington golf course for an ex bosses stag night.Mine lasted seconds,then got bored and started blasting cans about lol lol lol
Stayed in the hotel there too and had a night out on the toon.Great times.
Once went to Washington golf course for an ex bosses stag night.Mine lasted seconds,then got bored and started blasting cans about lol lol lol
Stayed in the hotel there too and had a night out on the toon.Great times.
The Gerorge Washington? That's the driving range I was picturing. lol
mowgli, I would love a go on a proper Simpsons style crazy golf course.
Most people call me mad, or something similar.
the crazy golf courses in orlando are awesome.... i got involved in trying to sort out a british one once... it was proper crap.. the water feature ran the wrong way, and none of the holes were capable of draining rain water!! it was built by britains premier mini-golf contractors..... we spent a fortnight on it trying to fix the cock ups
The Gerorge Washington? That's the driving range I was picturing. lol
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Might have been.Quite posh? Wasn't when I went,belting empty stella cans about lol
Was an absolute washout the day we went.Toon was ace.Slags everywhere:d
turbojolt
17-06-13, 08:23 PM
Which makes us better at gardening than tj lol
bringing the HEAT!!!!!! I just got burnedddddddd
dgbnova#1
02-05-14, 08:59 AM
Hello i am here i just want to say you here that i am professional in gardening and i am doing this business from many years actually i like gardening and also i have artificial grass for my customers who demand me for this because some places where only suit's the artificial grass so that's why the prefer to Artificial Grass
You must be the forum down under gardener then? Also the most distant member were are you located ?
hahahahahahahaha what a clampet
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