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  Dan Frazer Gardening September 25, 2012 at 6:54am

  No experience here but is the surface suitable for a play area from a children's safety point of view?
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  Gordon Bowerman September 25, 2012 at 8:45am

  No idea but they have been using it for quite a while, think I'm going to turn this job down though.
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  Thermo September 25, 2012 at 9:29am

  depends on what type of turf it is and what surface it is on. Some is held down by teh weight of sand brushed into it, and some is held down by pinning at the edges into wooden battens similar in principle to how a carpet is laid, or may be stuck down to a hard surface underneath if on concrete. If your putting holes in it for posts, then you should be fine to simply mark out the holes and cut through with a sharp stanley knife, dig the posts holes and job done. If you want to be belt and braces you can put a bead of the jointing compund around the edge of the turf if youve bought the concrete on the posts flush up to finish level.
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  Woodster September 26, 2012 at 2:29pm

  We've been told that the area which may need to be cut will not be stretched due to the backing and when you re-seal the edges there is no special method, just re-seal with the backing tape and re-sand the area you've been working on. There is nothing to say the artificial grass is to be of a certain type, even in a public usage place.

  A shock pad, tested to a fall height, would be the only product used in a public play area wit artificial grass although, this is usually specified by local regulations or council specification
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  Thermo September 26, 2012 at 6:58pm

  there is very little give in artificial turf in terms of stretching it anyway
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  Gordon Bowerman September 26, 2012 at 7:12pm

  thanks for the replies just found out that this job has already been fraught with problems and two parties involved cant agree on anything so I'm giving this a wide berth