Artificial turf indulgence or a necessity

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Artificial turf indulgence or a necessity?

• When you think of having a healthy lawn near your
  doorstep, you think of the cost of maintenance
  and the time that will take up for this. On top
  of this you have water and electricity bills to
  be paid for the same!
• While having a green and uniformly mowed lawn may
  be an indulgence, it is a necessity in the
  present context to go for a better alternative
  that serves both purposes. With an artificial
  lawn you save a lot of resources, money and
  energy and your lawn looks green and fresh at the
  same time.

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Artificial turf indulgence or a necessity?

• Its amazing to know what technology can do for
  you. The idea of artificial grass came with
  AstroTurf developed by Monsanto. Since the 60s,
  a lot of development has taken place we have
  turfs that are as beautiful and real as natural
  lawns.
• You not only save a whole lot of money
  with synthetic turfs but your guests will be
  amazed and fooled by the amount of maintenance
  that you can possibly do throughout the year.

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Artificial turf and natural resources

• Our environment is in a stage where it needs
  utmost protection from us humans.
• Installing an artificial lawn will save your
  household gallons of water every year. Natural
  lawns need a lot of sprinkling and watering to
  look green and fresh. Mowing the surface to get a
  uniform height requires the use of electricity
  and not to talk about the manpower, money and
  energy that go in. Even though sunlight is free,
  these other resources like water and electricity
  demand to be conserved.
• While we have to use pesticides, weedicides,
  germicides and a whole lot of other chemicals to
  foster better growth of grass, all this seeps
  into the water table and actually pollutes the
  ground water. Diseases can spread this way and
  this is similar to farming with excessive use of
  fertilizers and that kills a whole lot of animals
  and sometimes even infects humans.

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Synthetic lawns in the swimming pool

• Swimming pool landscaping is a tad more difficult
  job than landscaping your backyard.
• If you want to easily maintain your poolside
  garden, you can rightly use natural rocks and
  stones that can be arranged in different grades
  of color, uniquely contoured borders, etc. to
  spice up the area. However when it comes to
  planting around the swimming pool, it
  inadvertently will cause a lot of dirt and
  garbage into the swimming pool, o never know if a
  tree root is capable of cracking your swimming
  pool walls or you maybe swimming with a snake!
  An artificial lawn could be a good alternative
  that eliminates all the risk and trouble and
  guarantees a fuss free poolside.
• In case you dont have enough space in your
  backyard and wish to have a rooftop pool,
  the synthetic lawns will rightly transform the
  concrete structure into something more natural.

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Installing Synthetic Lawns professionally

• A well maintained patch of green not just adds
  charm to the whole environment but will be the
  most comfortable place to have your sporting
  activities like hockey, football and anything
  that will involve running and beating the ground!
  However, the downside is that a natural surface
  is very difficult to maintain as it requires a
  lot of investment and labor. This is probably the
  reason that gave rise to the invention
  of synthetic lawns and since then the whole
  concept of natural green in playgrounds has
  completely changed.
• There are many companies around that take up lawn
  installation projects and come up with wonderful
  results. What you see looks like actual grass and
  this surface is highly comfortable and risk free
  walking upon. The fiber imitates the natural
  softness of grass and one would not be able to
  quickly realize that its not natural soil he/she
  is walking upon. With gradual research and
  development, we now have several varieties of
  products and suited to every budget and taste.
  Compare deals online and discuss with friends,
  relatives and experts what material would rightly
  suit your needs. The desired area for
  installation is first cleaned up and thinly
  trimmed to ensure a stable base. The artificial
  lawn could be easily rolled up to fit the size of
  the area. All the blades need to be in the same
  direction to give a natural look to the
  surface. Artificial lawn can add up a lot of
  value to your house and it can rightly be used
  for dog runs, games turf, garden lawns, safety
  flooring in the kids room, school playfield and a
  lot others.

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Installing Synthetic Lawns professionally

• Artificial installations generally come with
  good drainage systems. If you are installing
  the synthetic lawn over the garden area, all the
  fluid that is deposited is gradually passed on to
  the water table below the soil. The material is
  highly porous. On concrete surfaces, customized
  drainage systems could be installed which helps
  in getting rid of the water spills
  instantaneously. It is always recommended to ask
  for photos of the installation work done by a
  company before employing them on the project. A
  good turf will change your whole lifestyle.