In the past few years, there has been a heated debate in the industry about whether you should fill artificial grasslands with sand. Artificial grassland is developed for sports venues, because ground rollers have been trying to maintain their venues and outfields in the face of frequent use week after week.
Manufacturing processes, fibre design and color require different residential uses than stadiums, so weeds are developed and modified for residential gardens.
However, like sports venues, when artificial grasslands are first used in residential gardens, the installation staff will use silica sand filling as the standard.
Artificial grass is becoming more and more popular, especially in recent years, there are various kinds of artificial grass on the market.
With the increasingly fierce competition in the artificial grassland industry, some manufacturers and installers have been looking for ways to reduce installation costs.
One way is to advise customers not to use sand to fill artificial grasslands, or even to design so-called "non-filled" artificial grasslands.
There are many contradictory opinions on whether sand filling should be used.
But who is right?
Should you fill it with artificial grass sand?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using sand filling?
The answer is no.
Here are different explainations depends as below:
1. If you are using decorations grass at your house garden, it is better that to infill little quantity sand inside to keep the grass roll more stable;
2. If use on your rooftop area artificial grass, in case the windy days makes sand come out, not necessary to infill sand;
3. Infill football grass field, sand & rubber granluels are necessary to infill with machines;
4. However, Non infill grass for football do not required sand and rubber granules. If the cover rate of curly yarn more than 80%, there is no need to put either rubber granules & silica sand.
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