You'll suck the sand and filler right out from underneath. Heavy foot traffic, play pools and hoses can tamp it down. I've also heard from others that you need to hose it off at times if you have pets regularly doing their business on the grass. Oh, and you never ever want to use the vacuum function on your leaf blower. Like carpet, you have to regularly rake the grass to keep it standing up. But people are already debating the environmental impacts of fake turf in California. It's unclear how that impacts the urban heat island effect, because unlike pavement, artificial grass cools down quickly once it's out of the sun. In fact, studies have shown that artificial turf can reach temperatures of up to 180 degrees in the sun, compared to less than 90 degrees for real grass. I'm surprised at how soft it is on my feet.) So, you won't get the cooling benefit of real grass during the summer.
Like, burn-your-feet hot in the summer sun. Still, it's a big up-front investment that lots of people can't afford to make.Īnd there are drawbacks to artificial grass. If that's the case, we'll get our money back out of the project. The landscaping company we hired said our new turf and backyard putting green should increase the selling price of our house by 10 to 15 percent. Like, many thousands of dollars expensive. So, why isn't artificial grass more of a thing in Arizona? Why isn't there more fake grass? And it would be nice not to have to spend our lives (or lots of money on landscapers) to take care of it. But we also want green lawns that we can use year-round. And that makes sense: We live in a desert. "I was just seeing what it felt like."Ĭlearly, people are interested in artificial grass. He looked startled and embarrassed as he locked eyes with my husband.
DOES TURF BURN RUIN TATTOOS INSTALL
Before the project was finished, people were stopping to ask the install crew if they could buy any of the scraps. A guy left his BMW running in the middle of the street to ask the workers questions about where they buy their grass and what other kinds might be available. A woman walking her dog ran down the street as I rounded the corner of our house to ask how artificial turf stands up to pets.Īnd, yes, we even found a guy crouched down on our lawn, running his hand through our grass.
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