Putting the grass carpet down

It is actually more complicated than I made it sound below. They cut it really carefully, like when they cut carpet for installation in a home. And judging by the job the guy did when we redid the carpet on our stairs, the Polygrass guys are actually more meticulous. Then they put 8 inch nails in about every 1-2 feet. the seams run every 15 feet and are cut in a wavy pattern. under the seams, they put this hard white liner down, and coat it with gasket adhesive, then stick the grass on top. Finally, nail it down.

 

  

  

Once the grass is all stapled and glued down, they fluff it and start infilling it. First they rub in 1/4 to 1/2 inch of sand. On top of that, goes same amount of black rubber grit. This adds a lot to the spongy-ness and realistic feel to the grass as you walk on it. Going to ask today if that rubber needs to be refilled in once in a while.
Here are the nails: big bad boys...

 

Even better, the rubber grit is made 100% from recycled tires, so that adds another plus to synthetic lawn installation. No water, no fertilizer, no weeds, no mowing. And reuses rubber tires which are a terrible product to put in land fills as pure waste. Costs a lot, but lasts 20-30 years, if not abused.

Poly Grass artificial turf Project

This year we finally decided to ditch the black tan bark and install artificial turf in the large open fruit tree area. B/c of ground prep time, artificial grass is right up there with concrete in terms of cost, actually more expensive. First scrape everything off the ground, down to the clay level, then level the ground. A rough gravel goes on next about 2" and on top of that, 1" of fine, sand-like gravel. The grass gets stapled down once everything is smooth and leveled off. Here are some progress photos. We are keeping all the fruit trees, hopefully, not too hard to wash off once all the fruit starts falling off and possibly rotting on it. We will have to be more diligent about picking up dropped fruit.

Here is 4' and 3' rings around each tree.

 

  

 

Here is where they are at by lunch on the 2nd day. All the fruit trees have been ringed off, and they have started dumping sand on the area.

 

 

They said they might actually have some turf laid down by the end of the day. We'll see...