Let’s go over some other aspects of your new artificial lawn you can customize. First, you can choose the material that the blades of grass are made from – called the artificial grass yarns. Polyethylene is the most popular material used for fake grass and is generally durable and also looks realistic. However, if you have a higher budget, nylon is the highest quality artificial grass yarn. It is also realistic looking and very durable, as well as UV resistant!
You can also decide if you want your infill material to be made from recycled tires, manufactured rubber, sand, or even other options. Thatch is another layer added to artificial turf to make it more realistic looking. Thatch imitates the dying blades of grass in your yard, and are a slightly different color than the taller blades of grass and curl over on themselves.
This kind of artificial grass is different than the look of synthetic turf on sports fields – which is much shorter, more durable, and less natural looking. Sports turf, like pet turf, is meant for a lot of action.
Finally, the backing, which provides the stability for the artificial turf, has several different levels of drainage that you can customize for your needs. For indoor turf, you do not need holes punched in the backing, for a normal yard there is a medium level of drainage called hole-punch, and then there is the most drainage type made for artificial turf that pets use.
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