Surfaces
The type of surface you have determines the type of maintenance required in order to maximise the lifespan and offer premium surface performance. At Envirosport, we offer a variety of services and can adapt to whatever sports surface you have.
Our sister company, Envirolawn offer the installation of a variety of sports surfaces and artifical grass.
This surface type can be either sand filled or sand dressed and has a slightly different specification depending on the sports which it will be utilised for.
The 2G sand-filled synthetic grass gives great playing characteristics for a number of sports including tennis, football and hockey. With the sand filled specification, a sand infill is applied within the fibres of the carpet to improve the stability and add better performance qualities.
Water-based
Water-based artificial turf surfaces and water-based AstroTurf have no sand infill between the pile fibres of the carpet and is therefore sometimes called 'no fill artificial turf'.
These fields require regular wetting, hence the name "water-based", often via prolonged showering often using with pitch-side water cannon prior to their use and occasionally during half-time intervals.
'Third Generation' artificial grass surfaces have a rubber crumb and sand infill for extra performance. This type of surface utilises longer fibres (up to 65mm) to ensure it can hold both rubber and sand infill the levels of which can be adjusted to produce optimum playing characteristics.
These are generally regarded as being about as safe to play on as a typical natural grass surface, perhaps even safer in cold conditions.
Needlepunch is a type of synthetic turf created by entangling fibres mechanically, rather than weaving of tufting.
Ideal for multi-sport applications, such as athletics, football, and hockey, this surface offers high-wear resistance and consistent ball-bounce and roll.
If your have a needlepunch surface, why not take look at our line-marking service to see if we can increase pitch-use?