I have been looking for the right artificial turf for my backyard for 6 months now. I didn't want artificial turf that looked cheap, fake and shiny. I wanted the cutting edge newest and greatest turf on the market. I had at least 50 different samples sent to my house for me to review. I can guarantee you one thing most of the artificial turf samples looked fake, plastic and shiny. I found one company online called Global Syn Turf and their samples were very different. They seemed a higher quality, not so shiny and very realistic to real turf. I called the company and unlike most company's they answer the phone which made me think they were a legitimate larger company. See, most of the companies I called seemed like I was calling someone's cell phone and they were a small company or a contractor. Global Syn Turf told me they were a manufacturer and they made over 45 different artificial turfs. They had 10 distribution centers nationwide full of artificial turf However, they told me they only sold synthetic grass through their approved certified artificial turf distributor distribution network. They referred me tor their multiple dealers in the Texas market and I called everyone one of them. They all carried different varieties of the Global Syn Turf skus and I loved them all. They looked real, were delustered and not shiny. I found the dealer with the lowest turf and installation price and had the artificial turf installed in my yard last week. this is the greatest investment I have ever made in my yard and would refer it to anyone. 5 Stars!!!
You will probably only need the turf glues when seaming two pieces of artificial grass together for most common installations. Our turf glue comes in with 3 different packages: 28 oz tube, 1 gallon and 5 gallon buckets. For seaming purpose, a tube of turf glue will be able to cover a seam up to 12’ long, and one gallon glue can cover up to 40’ long of seams.
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As far as I am aware that most of HOA won’t bother to regulate artificial grass installations. Some more restricted HOA might have some rules or regulations for your front yard landscaping, but I haven’t heard any cases that HOA regulate homeowners’ backyards. For state of California which is considered the most regulated among the entire nation, previous governor Jerry Brown has singed a las to prohibit HOA from restricting artificial grass installations. Artificial grass is considered as drought tolerant landscaping options, therefore it is encouraged to be installed with government rebates incentives. Similar incentive programs are also offered in many other states.
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You might depending on the scale of your project: if your artificial turf coverage area is small which doesn't require any tricky layout design and no seams, you should be able to do it yourself, and all you need is the turf and turf glues: you will need to start from one end and gradually working toward the other end when it comes to applying glues, do NOT try to put the glue down for the entire area then laying down the turf.
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When you are installing artificial grass to replace your existing lawn or for a new landscape application, you will need quite a few materials for a complete installation.
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This is a very good question. The answer to this question can be either way, so it is optional to keep the existing sprinklers when it comes to artificial grass installations. In my personal opinion, I would like to leave the sprinklers in: you can always manually turn it on to help cooling down the turf, or simply rinse off the turf when needed. It will not necessarily cost you extra from the installation standpoint, your installer can simply cut out the holes for your existing sprinkler heads, time spent on doing this can easily offset the time to cut the sprinkler heads and cap off the pipes.
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We don’t offer any of the bulk products that used for artificial grass sub base. People normally get such bulk products from local landscape products suppliers. As far as I know that some installers use the top soil for the top layer of the turf sub base buildup which goes underneath the turf. The typical sub base installation has two layers: drain rock and decomposed granite or sometimes top soil which needs to be coarse enough for drainage purpose, too fine of the top soil can be too dense to drain water properly.
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