What do I need to install artificial turf?

• Many clients ask us, what do they have to buy apart from the artificial turf, to be able to install it in their garden.

Well, apart from, as it is obvious, the lawn, the accessories to buy, will depend on whether the installation is made on screed, or on the ground. When we talk about screed, we refer to any type of floor that does not have to be conditioned or compacted. For example, tiles, concrete, flat stone, terrazzo, etc… If the ground is made of earth, sand, loose stone, etc… The thing changes a little. Let’s see the two options.

Accessories for installing artificial turf on screed:

To install artificial turf on any hard and more or less flat ground, you really don’t need much. Only in case you have to join pieces together. Since the rolls are 2m wide, you will usually have to join several pieces together to get the exact measurements of your ground.

Joint band:

We have two types of banding.

Adhesive or glue:

Once the joining band is obtained, the adhesive or glue must be applied. And here we have to calculate how much glue we need. Logically it will depend directly on the meters of band that we have to spread.
We currently have a 750gr bottle of monocomponent adhesive, which is enough for about 4 linear meters. A Bi-component Kit of 5,10kg that can be stretched to approximately 15 linear meters. The latter, being a bi-component, must be mixed well before use. We also have a cartridge type silicone tube, 290ml adhesive for easy application, which gives about 3 linear meters.
It can be applied not only on the joining strip, but also directly on the ground, to glue the grass in the areas where it is needed.

Mastic adhesive tape:

Accessories for above ground artificial turf installation:

Anti-weed netting :

If the land where you have to install the artificial turf is made of soil, in addition to all the above mentioned, you will have to add the anti-weed mesh. Our anti-weed mesh is of the highest quality, it is of the highest grammage, 160. This ensures that we will not have weed problems. Normally it is spent a few square meters more than lawn, as it is not so tight and sometimes overlapping cloths, hence finally are a few meters more than lawn.

These accessories are enough to install artificial turf on any surface. As indispensable tools, do not forget a tape measure, cutter and spatula to apply the glue, if it is necessary to apply it. Once the artificial turf is installed, with a thick brush, brush everything well and the lawn will be spectacular.