Information you will find in this video of Installation of artificial turf on land
Turn your garden into an exemplary and sustainable space.
How to manage the existing land?
Watching this video you will learn how you can manage the status of an existing land in order to proceed to building a garden with artificial turf.
The installation of artificial turf on the ground is a constructive process, like many others, that requires specific materials, tools, equipment and techniques to achieve a sustainable surface system.
The first thing to consider is whether or not you should clean or clean up the ground before preparing it for synthetic turf.
Then you must assess if your land drains well and if it has the outlets of the rainwater network.
It is important to measure well the ground and the levels you want to reach in order to calculate the cubic meters of materials to provide.
If your garden is a newly built house, we recommend you to read another of our blog articles
Tools needed to lay artificial turf
In this video you will see some of the tools that we use to carry out each step of the process of laying artificial turf in gardens.
To remove the topsoil, you can use hand hoes, power hoes or similar.
The collection of this removal, you can do it manually uploading them to a wheelbarrow and taking it to a container.
You can also help yourself with shovels and rakes to make piles that you can then put in sacks of rubble.
Once the surface is clean and sanitized, you will need a sprayer to spray the herbicide.
To attach the mesh, you will need a cutter or scissors to cut it and a hammer to hammer in the staples.
Remember to buy at least one pack of blades with the cutter because they are easily consumed by the large number of cuts you have to make to the lawn.
Next, you'll need a rake to spread the gravel or aggregate over the entire surface.
You can help yourself with a ruler to even out the aggregate that you have spread over the surface.
You will need to use a water roller or hand tamper to compact. You can also rent compaction machines to perform this step.
To mow the lawn, you can use the ruler or a chalk marker or line marker to help you.
A toothed spatula is necessary to glue the grass strips together if you opt for liquid glue on the joining strip.
We recommend buying a good long bristle brush to brush the lawn once the installation is complete. This will serve you for the subsequent maintenance and cleaning of the lawn.
Steps to follow to prepare the surface.
The steps to follow to prepare a suitable surface are of great importance.
This surface will be the one that will support the synthetic turf and also has the function of draining the water.
This preparation can be carried out by one person, although it will always be better to have help to do the activity in less time, and save energy for the following steps.
For this process, depending on the size of the surface, you can divide it into several sections to make it easier to prepare.
We suggest that you gather the materials in a logical way and according to the order in which you will place them on the surface.
Leave the way free for the passage of forklifts and protect the floor or walls if necessary.
If the site has existing irrigation and registers, now is the ideal time to review them and adapt them to what will be the new landscape.
Types of materials you must provide
The types of materials to provide are easy to get and in the video you will find out how to use them.
You can ask us for these materials and accessories with your order or you can find them in any building materials store.
It is advisable to assess the different types of materials as well as the transport and packaging.
If you have to climb stairs, the time and effort to carry the materials up the stairs with a wheelbarrow will be greater than if you hire the materials by the sack.
Techniques for laying artificial grass on the ground
In this video you can check the techniques of laying artificial turf on land that we have already described in other posts on this blog.
The important thing about handling and planting of artificial grass rollsl so that the results in the garden or on the terrace are as expected.
NOTE: As far as possible (in terms of labour capacities and space shapes), it is always recommended to select the widest roll format in order to make fewer joints.