Class 2 Road Base and Decomposed Granite For Synthetic Turf Installations We offer several materials for the "foundation" of great synthetic lawn. Typically a new syn-lawn or artificial grass lawn installation involves 4 to 6 inches of permeable road base and often a small layer of decomposed granite. Class II Base is also needed for an effective paver installation. If you or your contractor are not using fresh virgin Class II Base at the rate of least 4 to 6 inches for your synthetic lawn or paver installation, then you should expect a lot of long term problems. Properly installed road base provides a compacted solid surface for the installation of pavers and artificial grass that cannot be achieved by just topsoil or decomposed granite alone. SynTurf-Base System Our SynTurf-Base System made from limestone rock materials specifically developed for drainage and natural filtration assistance for where there is extensive. Our SynTurf-Base System is made up of entirely CDOT AB Class 2 Road Base limestone rock materials. No recycled road base products are involved. Road Base Materials Most vendors will try and sell you only recycled road base, it is cheap and very good deal, if you are putting asphalt or concrete over it...........but a mess in the making for a artificial grass lawn. Recycled base is just ground up concrete from road and highway construction and huge percentage of drainage clogging soil and silt in it. This material will eventually restrict or clog up drainage systems. Virgin Base We sell only Virgin base, as the aggregate industry calls it. Virgin Base is new crushed rock or gravel ( gravel is not crushed angular rock but cleaned up river rock from pea gravel to 2" material ) mixed with sand. The sand is with wash crushed fines or wash natural river sand. In most circumstances you will want Permeable Base, or base made from river rock gravel and natural sand ( think beach sand .) Permeable base will allow you synthetic lawn to have very good drainage and lesson problems from standing or slow draining water. Decomposed Granite In many circumstances it is not possible to excavate and remove 4 to 6 inches of earth and replace it with a rock base material. We offer very high quality 3/8" minus decomposed granite materials for areas where only 2 to 3 inches of base material is needed. Only a few decomposed granite materials meet the low silt and high quartz standards necessary for artificial grass lawn installations.
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