If you are looking to fake grass on a supply only basis, our grasses start from £6 per square metre to £35 per square metre
6mm thick to 42mm thick. Suppliers to Trade and for DIY.
Astrograss, astroturf, synthetic lawn, fake grass etc are all just names for artificial grass, AstroTurf being the brand name of the original, pioneering American manufacturer.
Here at Aable Artificial Grass we have over 100 types of fake turf ranging from 6mm to 50mm thick. The thickest fake lawn we do is the Mayfair by Easigrass and this is regarded as the most realistic grass in the UK with the unique feature, that the grass blades go in all sorts of different directions. The Mayfair is almost indistinguishable from real grass.
Prices start from the low cost, cheap ones at £6 per square metre up to around £35 per square metre for the really fancy, luxurious stuff (supply only).
The quality of artificial grass is not dictated by it's thickness , contrary to what most people think, there are various factors involved.
Pile Height
Thick pile height does not necessarily mean high quality.
Most of the enquiries that we get however, are normally requesting how much per square metre our 40 millimetre grass is. To simplify things and make it easier for our customers we tend to carry just a small amount of 40mm astrograss. The better grasses tend to be a bit denser and with more natural looking colours.
Ideal Pile Height?
So you have decided to get some artificial grass from an Ayrshire artificial grass supplier or maybe even decided to get it fitted by and Ayrshire
artificial grass installer, the question is now "what thickness of astrograss do I need?"
If you prefer the appearance of a newly mown lawn then an astroturf of between 22mm and 30mm is normally recommended. For a natural looking, slightly grown lawn, you would be better choosing an artificial grass with a pile height of between 30mm and 38mm, bearing in mind that there will be a backing of approximately 2mm under the grass blades. A 38mm pile height will often be referred to as a 40mm fake grass.
Please be aware that if you go for a longer pile, then the grass blade fibres are more likely to lie down flatter rather than remaining upright. Longer grass blades, however, can be support to some extent by brushing in around 5kg of kiln dried sand per square metre of grass. The sand will also give more weight to the fake lawn and thus help anchor it down and help it to resist movement and creases.
As a general rule of thumb (but not always) shorter pile grasses tend to be more hard wearing. If you are buying nylon astroturf, then there tends to be no difference in durability.
Pile Density
The density of the fake grass blades or fibres as they are sometimes know, is most definitely a factor to be considered when buying artificial grass. A higher pile density, i.e. more grass blades per square metre, will generally result in a more lush, thick and quality grass and generally of a much more natural and realistic appearance. We regularly compare artificial grasses from various importers, manufactures and grass trade suppliers to evaluate their quality and value for money.
On one particular occasion, we compared two 25mm thickness grasses from two different grass companies to find that although both had 25mm long grass blades, one was significantly thicker than the other. Why can that be? One grass was far more densely packed with grass blades while the other had on a thin, sparse area of blades/fibres which caused the grass blades to lie almost flat.
Yes, they are both sold as 25mm astrograss and technically both are but the difference in quality and looks was night and day.
Ultimately the thickness of a grass's' pile height has normally got
no relevance
whatsoever to it's quality.
Stitch Rate
What does this mean? Fake grass is stitched into it's backing, normally made from polyurethane or latex. The stitching will flow down the length of the artificial grass roll and the more frequent the stitching then the higher the stitch rate. The higher the stitch rate means better quality than that of a low stitch rate grass. Grasses with higher stitch rates will also mean that you are less likely to see the backing material through the grass blades.
Stitch Gauge
This can be described best by saying that when you are looking across the way at the grass backing and seeing how close the rows of stitches are to each other and how close or how wide the rows of stitches are separated i.e. how wide the gaps are between the stitching rows. Intense stitching gauge will again mean less chance of seeing the backing through the grass blades and it's also a contributor to better quality..
Weight per Square Metre
Does the heavier the weight per square metre mean better quality? Often yes, but not necessarily so. Obviously longer grass pile normally weighs more the shorter pile, more stitching intensity weighs more than sparse stitching, high quality yarns weigh more than low quality yarns, high density grass weighs more than low density grasses? This, as you can imagine, is normally the case, and is true in most cases but some of the backings are deliberately heavily weighed down with multiple layers of glue which do not contribute to a higher quality grass. If the grass backing is hard and very firm to touch and difficult to bend, then there is a strong possibility that there are numerous layers of glue which is done solely to increase the weight per square metre with no gain in quality.
The under-noted also needs to be considered
Quality of the stitching
Yarn quality
Backing material
Grass blade type
We supply
and fit our great value for money artificial grass for our customers in Ayrshire and around Glasgow. Our prices are the best around, certainly far less than any artificial grass shops or carpet warehouse can offer. This is because we buy in bulk and we don't have many overheads to pay as we don't operate out of a showroom.
Service Areas
North Ayrshire - Irvine, Dreghorn. Kilwinning, Stevenston, Saltcoats, Ardrossan, west Kilbride, Seamill, Largs, Skelmorlie, Dalry, Beith, Kilbirnie, Glengarnock
South Ayrshire - Troon, Barassie, Prestwick, Maybole, Girvan
East Ayrshire - Kilmarnock, Hurlford, Crookedholm, Mauchline, Auchenleck, Cumnock, New Cumnock, Muirkirk
Glasgow
East Kilbride