Anyone done artificial turf as a play area for kids? I have space next to my

Apr 18, 2019
2:18:25pm

Iman23 All-American

house that needs to be leveled out a little bit...was thinking I would do grass, but maybe turf is the way to go?

How expensive is it?

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Anyone done artificial turf as a play area for kids? I have space next to my

Iman23

4/18/19 2:18pm

I don't remember the cost, but we've had it in 3 houses here in Arizona. Love it

BYUfan92

4/18/19 2:21pm

We did it in our backyard here in Southern California.

The Count

4/18/19 2:23pm

$8/SF installed? Did this include any sort of border edging like railroad ties

Iman23

4/18/19 2:27pm

Do you have to spray it down or anything to keep it clean?

Ojiisan

4/18/19 2:29pm

Haven’t done anything to clean it yet.

The Count

4/18/19 2:34pm

JOPE

4/18/19 2:34pm

Note that the cost included prep and installation.

The Count

4/18/19 2:29pm

Approximately how many SF is your back yard?

Iman23

4/18/19 2:31pm

We put down about 800 sf of turf

The Count

4/18/19 2:35pm

Link to pictures of the finished install:

The Count

4/18/19 2:42pm

Looks great. Did they have to do any leveling, or did you just go with the

Iman23

4/18/19 2:44pm

They put down some gravel/dirt as a base and compacted it

The Count

4/18/19 2:46pm

For backyard it is way better than grass

JOPE

4/18/19 2:26pm

It may look better and is easy to take care of but it is not better than grass for playing on. Unless you live

Cosmodiar

4/18/19 2:48pm

my kids love the warm feel of turf in the summer

JOPE

4/18/19 2:51pm

My kids will lay on the warm turf after they get out of the pool sometimes but it has to be with a towel or they

Cosmodiar

4/18/19 2:55pm

BIL has this in Tucson

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