Normally artificial grass holds up very well, and no need to clean it unless it gets to the point you would like to clean it. I have seen artificial lawns not being cleaned for years and still look great. However, it doesn't mean you don't clean the turf at all if you want to. Cleaning turf can be easy, you can simply use the garden hose to rinse off the turf, or power wash it. You also can use a soap bottle that attached to the garden hose to "wash" the turf first, then use water to rinse it off. If you use a power washer, you want to be careful not to get infills powered out of the turf, one of the cool things you can do when using power washer: you can get the fibers up standing nicely! We do have a simple artificial turf maintenance sheet you can find on this link: https://www.globalsynturf.com/artificial-grass-specifications-specs
 | Giovanni Kiesser I don't spend much time in cleaning it. I just use my garden hose and that's it. |
 | Janet Ross This is perfect for people who doesn't have much time to maintain it. Great post! |
| Alex Kelly I don't people even worry about clean fake grass. |
| Patrick Reed I never clean my front yard, looks great so far after 3 years. |
 | Fred Stone Some people keep their sprinklers instead of capping them off when replacing natural grass lawns with artificial grass. If that is the case, you can always turn on the sprinklers to rinse off turf as well. |
 | Andy Rosenberg - Customer Service Or using blower to simply get rid of floating stuff such as leaves on the lawn. |
You might depending on the scale of your project: if your artificial turf coverage area is small which doesn't require any tricky layout design and no seams, you should be able to do it yourself, and all you need is the turf and turf glues: you will need to start from one end and gradually working toward the other end when it comes to applying glues, do NOT try to put the glue down for the entire area then laying down the turf.
If your turf area is big and require complicated design and seams, I will suggest you to have installation professionals to do the job for you.
 | I prefer to ask the expert's help too so the outcome will be great. |
| Putting the glues will definitely need pros to do, once it get mess up, there won't be coming back, the turf can be ruined I assume. |
| I think it is not a good idea to do a large area on any type of surfaces, the installation might look easy. |
| As a turf manufacturer, we always recommend installations to be done by professionals. |
| I did a little piece on my beat-up wood deck, easy. |
| I saw people to use nails along the edges instead of gluing down. |
| The installer has to take out some dirt, and put some base materials before laying the turf for my project. |
 | Clint, the area is approx. 16' x 40' and the smaller patio is 16' x 16'. Do you sell turf in rolls? How big are they? How many would I need? |
| Mason, I have a piece of turf from Home Depot. It's thin. Every time there is a wind, this thing flies all-around my patio. If not for a fence, I would be hunting for it in my neighbor's yard. I'm not sure if the GST turf is heavy enough to withstand our East Coast's breezes. We have hurricanes from time to time. What if it blows to someone's roof or a car or a window? |
| I didn't use any glue, simply lay the piece loose on my patio floor. The fake grass is pretty heavy, not going anywhere. |
Well HOAs are different from one to another. Some of the HOAs have less strict rules. In California, most of the HOAs are ok with artificial grass installations in the backyard without much of information needed. When it comes to the front yard, some HOAs can be more serious about what kind of artificial grass you put in. You can always download all the necessary information for HOAs to review at this link: https://www.globalsynturf.com/artificial-grass-specifications-specs.
And keep mind that it is not legal for the HOAs to decide that you can't install artificial grass in your property! Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law for water conservation in 2015: Assembly Bill 2104. Here is the news link for the bill: https://www.sdcwa.org/governor-signs-water-authority-bill-preventing-hoas-banning-artificial-turf.
| My HOA doesn't care anything we do in the backyard, only need to run by them for front yard though. |
| My HOA doesn't care about that and quite a few houses in my community with artificial grass. And they didn't even talk about it at the HOA meetings. |
 | As an installer, we sometimes have to help homeowners to provide information needed. |
| My HOA doesn't care about the fake grass, as long as drought tolerated landscaping. |
| We don't have HOA here. |
 | If you are close by, we don't mind to present at your HOA meeting on artificial grass concerns. |
| Good for California! You have a bill. I have a problem with HOA in North Carolina. Ideas , anyone? |
| I don't have any issues with my HOA for my front yard, and I live in San Diego, California. |
 | Great links! |