Artificial Turf

Landscape turf is about appearance and comfort underfoot. Pile heights are shorter, there is no infill, and the priority is a natural look that holds up in sun.

Sports turf is engineered for mechanical performance: longer monofilament yarn that stands up to studs, sand and rubber infill that controls ball roll and player grip, and usually a shock pad underneath.

The difference between turf that still looks green in year ten and turf that goes pale and brittle in year two is UV stabilisation of the yarn. It is not visible in a sample and it is where cheap turf saves its money.

Ask for the UV specification in writing. We put it in ours.

Turf backing is perforated, but water only goes somewhere if the base underneath is built to take it. A free-draining sub-base laid to falls is what makes a pitch playable an hour after heavy rain.

On a commercial arena this is the difference between keeping your monsoon bookings and losing them, so it is not the place to economise.