Artificial grass:can it be repaired?

[THE88MAN]

Put my topper down on this surface last week,burnt 4 golf ball size holes in it,I took no payment for the job,customer now says he needs a whole 8mx4m section relaying, £1500,trying to pull my pants down I think,I can put it through PLI but surely it can be repaired? All burns within a square metre,anyone any experience of this? Thanks guys

[htb]

No experience with it. other than we took 2 Sycamores down on a wet wind day and the neighbour 2 doors down spent 2 days hoovering the sawdust out of it.

 

Not good news, but looks like your about to be raped.

[richy_B]

A pertinent question might be - are you likely to work for them again? The outcome maybe influenced by this.

[chrism3513]

why would an 8m x 4m bit of fake grass cost 1500gbp? Get a quote to supply it & replace yourself im sure it would cost a fraction of that

[flatyre]

By law I think the offender (that's you) are allowed to get your own quotes for the repair. Modern artificial grass is nothing more than green plastic carpet. I know this because I used to install the real stuff. Not quite the same scenario but recently my dad damaged a garden wall because he forgot to put the handbrake on, car rolled down the hill and hit the wall, owner got it fixed by a "mate" who was a painter and decorator (not a bricklayer), who the charged £1,400 for a repair which my dad was quoted £300 for. By law the offender must agree to the repair price before commencement of the said repair otherwise they are exonerated of the costs. Its designed to stop people exploiting such situations for financial gain.

[sloth]

Even this companies most expensive fake grass at £23.99 per square metre would be less than £770. They have different grades down to about a fiver a square metre, or less than £200. Was it a swanky posh one, or a cheaper one?

 

https://www.expressgrass.com/

[Cheesy pete]

Can artificial grass be repaired?

 

seems it can be repaired

[Ian C]

Can't get my hear round this fake grass thing, either have proper grass or gravel or what ever, it's like saying let's have a pet dog but let's get a stuffed on so we don't have to feed it!!!

 

I did a job about 3 months ago fir a lady with fake grass who let her dogs shite all over it, when we got there she was just "cleaning" it up with the shovel but smearing it all over was grim.

 

 

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[flatyre]

proper fake grass is about three inches thick, its bonded to a solid surface like concrete or tarmac, then lorry loads of sand are brought in and brushed over it to fill up between the fibres so only about half an inch of "grass" is left. It was never designed for gardens. I sometimes get asked to quote for artificial grass, I just say no.

[THE88MAN]

By law I think the offender (that's you) are allowed to get your own quotes for the repair. Modern artificial grass is nothing more than green plastic carpet. I know this because I used to install the real stuff. Not quite the same scenario but recently my dad damaged a garden wall because he forgot to put the handbrake on, car rolled down the hill and hit the wall, owner got it fixed by a "mate" who was a painter and decorator (not a bricklayer), who the charged £1,400 for a repair which my dad was quoted £300 for. By law the offender must agree to the repair price before commencement of the said repair otherwise they are exonerated of the costs. Its designed to stop people exploiting such situations for financial gain.

 

Good advice,it's in 2 strips of 8mx4m joined,if you can't see the join surely you can't see a repair join