Environmental Issues

Lady Jane Synthetic Turf

Posted in Environmental Issues on Thursday, 22 April 2010

Sir Walter proudly introduce Lady Jane Synthetic Grass - if you have a spot where grass just won't grow this is the perfect solution.

Sir Walter are proud to announce an Australian first... the development of a Premium Synthetic Grass that can be used alongside Australia’s Premium natural turf, Sir Walter. ‘Lady Jane’ will be perfect for all installations where natural turf cannot be grown, due to factors such as no sunlight, no water or difficult traffic areas. ‘Lady Jane’ has been designed to carry all the hallmarks of Sir Walter’s natural turf variety; a premium construction, a dense blade structure and thick thatch layer, plus a generous 50mm pile height, developed to simulate the slightly uneven texture of Sir Walter natural lawn turf.

There are some excellent situations where synthetic grass is a good choice, especially if you can’t get a natural grass to grow: roof tops, courtyards, balconies and terraces, heavily shaded areas where natural grass won’t grow, kids play areas, day care centres, sports fields, tennis courts, and indoor sports pitches to name a few.

One of the big differences between natural and synthetic is temperature. Synthetic grasses get a lot hotter than natural lawns and if laid around your house will have a big impact on the overall temperature, leading to increased air conditioning use and power costs...

OTHER DIFFERENCES

•    In an open situation where a natural lawn thrives synthetics will be up to 20 degrees hotter, and can burn bare feet.

•    Synthetic lawns do not act as a natural filter like a real lawn which stops pollutants reaching our ground water and streams.

•    Unlike a natural lawn they do not absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.

•    Synthetic lawns have a major heating effect, where an average house lawn has a cooling effect on the environment, as well as acting as a carbon sink.

Synthetic grass is made from plastic and cleverly woven into a rubber underlay with all sorts of different textures, piles(length) and subtle blends of colour.  Unlike the old astro turf, Lady Jane is a quality product so if you really cannot use the real thing this is a good alternative.