Guide to Fake Grass Cost and Installation

Enviro Surface Solutions fake grass costs and installation

Using artificial lawns instead of real grass lawns has increased in popularity with both homeowners and business owners over recent years thanks to the leaps and bounds made in technological advancements. Today’s fake lawns are far improved in every way, compared to their predecessors of even just a decade ago.

Using artificial lawns instead of real grass lawns has increased in popularity with both homeowners and business owners over recent years thanks to the leaps and bounds made in technological advancements. Today’s fake lawns are far improved in every way, compared to their predecessors of even just a decade ago.

What is Fake Grass?

Most synthetic grass varieties are made of either nylon, polyethylene or polypropylene. These materials are durable, aesthetically pleasing and feel soft underfoot. They come in different pile lengths and the shades of colour.

Fake grass is made by threading filaments into a backing, which lies over a drainage layer usually made up of compacted gravel. The drainage layer is tied to the perimeter and stuffed with sand or recycled crumb runner. This prevents the synthetic grass from blowing away during strong winds.

Synthetic lawns with longer pile lengths and multi-tone colouring, look almost as lifelike as real grass. This is one of many reasons why artificial grass is extensively used as lawns, and for play areas, in pool surrounds, for dog runs, as decorative borders, and on rooftops. Synthetic grass with shorter pile lengths is often used for tennis court, golf field, and hockey pitch surfacing, as well as for other types of sport surfacing applications.

Synthetic grass is tough, durable and easy to maintain and these are some of the top reasons it’s become so popular today.

6 More Reasons Why People prefer Synthetic Grass

Natural grass needs constant care by way of mowing, weeding, watering, fertilising etc. Fake turf requires minimal upkeep.
Fake grass saves money long-term.
Synthetic grass needs no fertilisers and herbicides, avoiding chemical health hazards.
Artificial turf prices start from just from $33-$48 per square metre for quality Australian made products. (There are additional costs for installation0.
Once installed, it can be regularly used for a good 15 to 20 years without incurring any further costs other than those required to keep it clean.
While the installation of real grass is cheaper, over the long-term, the costs of maintaining it exceed the costs of artificial turf installation and maintenance as real lawns require regular, usually weekly, upkeep. Real lawn maintenance expenses include water, fertilisers, pesticides, mowers, hedgers, and petrol, oil and electricity to run the gardening equipment. And, then, there are the replacement or repair costs to consider, when the equipment eventually breaks down over time. The care required by real grass lawns is a monthly investment, and is also time-consuming to carry-out, unlike fake grass lawns.

Enviro Surface Solutions supplies and installs some of the best artificial grass the Sunshine Coast has to offer. Please feel free to contact us to request a free, no obligation, quote.