You will often hear the word “pile” used in artificial grass parlance

You will often hear the word “pile” used in artificial grass parlance, similar to the pile of a carpet. Pile is the term for the upright blades on artificial turf. These can be cut at different heights (e.g. 40-50-60 mm). As standard, 20 mm of free pile height (the part of the synthetic grass fibre that extends above the infill) is calculated.

The pile height is usually dependent on the sub-base. If you are building on stone, you will for example need a longer pile. As we already know, artificial grass is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass.

However, it is now increasingly being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well. The main reason is maintenance as the artificial turf stands up to heavy use, it looks really good and requires no watering or mowing! We hope that explains a little more about what your artificial lawn actually is, and if you are interested in finding out more about how an artificial lawn could fit into your life, do get in touch with us at Lawrence Lawns and we’ll be happy to advise you.