The Real Costs Of Artificial Turf

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Trying to compare artificial turf of real grass is a futile effort with regards to ongoing costs, because a quality installation of artificial turf is not going to provide any costs beyond the price of installation.  The grass product is going to have a certain cost of somewhere between one and $3.00 to install per square foot, which is quite low compared to the costs associated with installing artificial turf.  Artificial turf can run between five and $20.00 per square foot to install including the cost of the product, but this wide range is mainly due to a few factors that must be considered in order to understand why artificial turf cost so much more than real grass.  First and foremost is the price of the turf product itself, which will vary widely because of the different amounts of material that the manufacturer is using.  The grass product that is 3 inches long is going to use significantly more material then the grass product which is 2 inches long, and a higher quality backing material is going to be more expensive and a lower quality one.  When your grass is exposed to the weather continually over the course of years, investing in any kind of product that uses cheaper materials is going to ultimately come back to bite you, because the backing material will break down or stretch and some need to be repaired.  These are the ongoing costs that are only associated with lower quality artificial turf installations, but must be compared against the ongoing monthly costs of care and maintenance of grass in order to fully understand how the two compare to one another.  Since grass is a living plant it is going to need to be mowed and watered every single month, which will have the costs associated with it been ghosting either landscapers or your own labor.  Any parts of that grass that die or become brown will need to be either maintain or replaced, and there will be seeding and other maintenance aspects that will go into it.  The good quality artificial turf installation is going to ultimately be maintenance free for upwards of 20 years, so all the monthly costs that you would be paying for real grass must be factored in to offsetting the cost that you were paying for the high quality installation.  You can also factor in certain of cost that will be associated with a low quality installation because of the ongoing repairs will be necessary when the backing material stretches or slips.  If the company did not provide enough under fill material or did not clear the area adequately and provide a weed barrier, you will find that degradation of your artificial turf will happen far quicker than expected.  All of these costs will need and pay up front for the higher quality installation but will ultimately be cheaper in the long run as you will be able to enjoy years of maintenance free yard.