Considering ARTIFICIAL TURF

ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 49,243 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
Living in CA, our water has only gone up in price. Last couple of years I've had to let my lawn suffer because of water restrictions. So I've considered artificial turf. It's not cheap, but if anyone has it now, could you give me some pros and cons of owning and maintaining it?

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,750 Member
    A lot of people in Australia are getting it, there is a lot in our neighbourhood. Most looks fake, which I can't stand. A lot gets hot underfoot, although I think the newer stuff may be better.

    The funniest part I find is the people with fake lawn hiring gardeners or spending time weeding their fake turf.
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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,243 Member
    How does this look to you?

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,750 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    How does this look to you?

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    Like carpet.
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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,510 Member
    Pros: no watering, weathers the elements, looks good for a long time

    Cons: it's fake, the good stuff ain't cheap.

    We dug up 7000 square feet of lawn and buried it. It's expensive to haul away.
    We now have all desert landscaping. It looks great and is relatively low maintenance.
  • dc8066
    dc8066 Posts: 1,439 Member
    The urban legend says that if a dog or any other animal pees on fake grass, the smell will be horrendous and stay forever
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I just put acorns out and in a few years the oak trees grow big enough to shade and kill the grass underneath.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,510 Member
    BowlingForHollars wrote: »
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    Brady Bunch did it.

    It looks 100% like real grass!



    .... except for the seams and five different colors
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  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    BowlingForHollars wrote: »
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    Brady Bunch did it.

    I was trying to figure out for so long what you circled before I realized it was a hulu hoop

    Thank-you!

    I was trying to figure it out too, and the circle looked just a bit odd to me, shape, colour...don't know what just something about it was very distracting to me
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,510 Member
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    BowlingForHollars wrote: »
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    Brady Bunch did it.

    I was trying to figure out for so long what you circled before I realized it was a hulu hoop

    Hint: the red thing... just to it's right, that is called: a wagon.
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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,243 Member
    Ever notice that you never saw Tiger's dog *kitten* in the yard?

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