How to install TurfProtecta

Installation Method - Existing Grassed Area

Cut the grass short and remove surface debris including excess grass clippings. Fill any depressions with a sandy topsoil, level and firm.
Unroll the TurfProtecta™ onto the prepared surface end fix one end using metal U-Pins or plastic pegs. Whilst pulling the mesh taut pin approx every 1m down either side of the roll ensuring mesh lies flat to surface.
Lay adjacent rolls and overlap at 150mm and repeat the fixing process.
Secure overlaps and all external edges every <1 metre. Use additional pins where any bridging or rippling of the rolls is evident. Approx 75-100 pins per roll will be required.
Brushing a dressing of good quality sandy topsoil over the mesh to cover the ribs and fill the apertures will help promote early root growth around the mesh and promote stability. Dressing by more than 10mm is not recommended.
Apply a suitable grass seed dressing over areas which were previously bare of grass or which have received more than 10mm covering of sandy topsoil.
Pedestrians and traffic should be kept off the treated areas until the grass has become fully established over the mesh. This may take up to one growing season, depending on the time of year installed.
Mower blades should be set to cut fairly high for the first 2-3 cuts so that contact with the mesh is avoided. When the grass is established and the plants are entwined with the mesh, the grass can be cut normally.

Where weak and / or waterlogged ground conditions exist, these must be improved prior to placement of TurfProtecta™. For occasional use by HGV's, a sub-base may be required.
Advice on suitability for specific applications is available from Boddingtons Ltd’s technical team.
TurfProtecta™ can become slippery when wet (before the grass has had a chance to grow through). Boddingtons strongly recommend that all newly installed mesh is cordoned off and signage erected to advise of any potential slip hazards.

Pins used to hold mesh in place.