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  Matt Johnson March 18, 2014 at 8:49pm

  i would most certainly put some kind of timber perimeter edging in.. temporarily that may work.. but it will be no way near as secure as a timber edge to fix to.
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  Trevor JH Knight March 18, 2014 at 8:56pm

  I was always told by a very experienced lawn layer (the plastic type) that no edge is required, i dont know if i agree with that....but he told me to just to skatter copious bags of kiln dried sand onto the finished lawn to weigh it down. I have actually done this and it has worked superbly well no issues at all and it has been down two years still looking great.
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  Matt Johnson March 18, 2014 at 9:00pm

  I have also heard that.. but that is very dependant on what sort of action the lawn is going to see.. kids playing etc will soon lift it without a solid fixing, the same as animals
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  Kieran Ray March 18, 2014 at 9:01pm

  Officially most of the artificial grass suppliers say that just pegging the edges down is ok, but personally for the extra expense of treated 47x100 edging and the necessary pegs, its better to be safe than sorry. Its how we do the lawns we can do like that.
  The other way, if there are lots of tight curves, would be to run an edge of concrete, say 150 wide much like a strip footing then glue the grass down with the adhesive. You would want to put a float finish on the concrete too.
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  Thermo March 18, 2014 at 9:14pm

  couple of options. you can just peg in using 4 or 5" nails, but not my favourite although its surprisingly strong. If its a brick wall then I would probably either thunderbolt battens to the wall and then nail into them as usual, or another method that works well is a mortar haunch up along the edge about 3-4 inches wide trowelled flat on top. Needs to be done in advance, but you can either nail the 40mm clout nails into it or use adhesive to stick to it. Its a good method where you've got curves to go round or up next to paving
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  Ian Street March 19, 2014 at 6:41am

  I would suggest you contact the manufacturer of the grass you intend to use. Most manufacturers have specific installation guidelines and if you fail to abide by these, should a problem occur down the line, it is you that will be left picking up the pieces. Some say use sand, others don't. Some say glue it down, some say timber battens, some say 150mm nails... Personally, I either glue it down or screw it to battens.