How to install artificial turf on earth

You yourself can make an installation of artificial turf. Here ‘s a guide how to do this on a ground surface . We’re sure you’ll find it interesting and useful for you to ride your carpet with your own hands , however you can always count on us to do this work.

1. Prepare the surface
When installing an artificial grass cover on land have to be aware of the need to abolish the remnants of this surface vegetation and stones that may appear on the surface. We strongly recommend the use of herbicides as a preventive measure as this assures us no longer the appearance of herbs that may damage the carpet of artificial turf.

2 . Place the mesh antihierbas
When you’ve left the free land surface vegetation and stones , time to extend the call antihierba mesh . This again affects the prevention of grass that can grow , but also in the drainage and turf protection against scratches with gravel or dirt .
Note that this mesh strips have to be about 5 cm overlap with each other and may be fixed by nails without any problem.

3 . Spread the rolls and adapt them
Once you have cleaned the surface and placed the mesh, the process resembles the artificial turf laying on a hard surface . The steps are : Spread the rolls to make sure you have enough grass to cover the surface. To extend ensures that all rolls are placed in the same direction for the visual finish is smooth and natural.
When you have the area covered , cut the projections you may have the surface as trees or lampposts , but not excessively settings as it is a first cut and then you can refine your job when the grass is fully established.

4 . Une grass strips to get a piece
When the lawn have already exposed on the entire surface , open on both sides of each strip of artificial grass and placed binding band . Only you fold out the ends and place the strip on the surface you left off, and then unfold the ends and secure . Repeat this action until all parts are together forming a single piece of artificial turf.
Maybe the connecting band you have at your disposal is self-adhesive , which will facilitate the work, but placed in the band tape to stick on her lawn.

5 . Sprinkle silica for better conservation
When you have the artificial grass carpet extended and joined , only one step left you in this case it is a recommendation.
Fill your silica artificial turf will make your carpet be kept in better condition and improve their adaptation to the new surface in addition to its resilience to trampling. All this to provide longer life to the facility.

The amount you should use depends on the length of the surface you have installed but will range between 3 and 5 kg . A final note form your newly installed carpet brush against the grain to make it look more natural and clean it with a little water to remove the fragments resulting from the installation. With this you can terminate your lawn installation .

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