What is the best length or pile height for artificial grass?

What is the best length or pile height for artificial grass?

What is pile height?

Pile height is the length of the grass yarns/blades, measured from the backing to the yarn tip. It's expressed in millimetre (mm) and ranges from less than 10 mm to over 60 mm. For lawns and gardens, pile heights between 20 mm and 45 mm are most common.

Finding the right pile height for your project all depends on the intended use. How much foot traffic are you expecting? For example, contact sports, such as football or rugby, require different artificial grass solutions than untrodden home lawns. Aesthetics can also be a gamechanger: what should your artificial grass look like? Some prefer short, neat grass, while others want longer, lush-looking artificial grass.

Landscape turf grass

Pile height: 20 mm or less

When there are pets and kids around, most people go for a lower pile height. It makes cleaning easier, and this way, you prevent your dog or cat from waging war with your garden – and winning. Short artificial grass also looks neater. That's why decorative designs can be found in this category of pile heights. Last but not least, certain sports, such as padel and tennis, are bound to strict infrastructure rules that require short grass.

Pile height: between 20 mm and 30 mm

The longer the grass, the more realistic your artificial landscaping project will look. On the other hand, a lengthy lawn or terrace makes removing dirt or leaves slightly more time consuming. If you're looking to combine the best of both worlds, 20 mm to 30 mm is your go-to pile height. Your lawn will look like it's just been mowed and, together with the right pile density, should be resilient enough to tolerate a great deal of foot traffic.

Pile height: between 30 mm and 40 mm

This length is ideal if you're going for the perfect realistic look. Moreover, it will add softness to your artificial grass. Children will love to play on it while enjoying the tickling feeling of grass blades between their toes. It's no wonder that a 30 mm pile height is the preferred option for the majority of professional landscaping projects. Thanks to technological advances, this somewhat longer artificial grass stays resilient all year long.

Pile height: 40 mm or more

For those who love artificial grass that looks lush, luxurious and even a bit wild, tall blades will do the trick. Especially if you're expecting limited foot traffic, this pile height can be a real eye-catcher. But even with more heavy foot traffic, long artificial grass shouldn't be off the table. Choose a top-performing product with the right (amount of) infill and your blades will be very resilient

Sport turf grass

Pile height: 50 mm or 60mm

For football grass, there are widely used is 50mm and 60mm, monofilament yarns, it needs to be infilled with sand and rubber granule which make grass more durable and rolling resistance coefficient better for the ball. usually 7kgs granule and 25kgs sand per sqm.

Pile height: 12mm,13mm 15mm 16mm

For Golf grass putting green, it is made of curly yarns, with low height,better elastic and rolling resistance coefficient.

Pile height: 10mm, 12mm, 13mm

For Basketball, tennis, hockey, runway field, the grass pile height is 10mm, 12mm,13mm. made of straight yarns, it comes with high density and infilled with sand&rubbers too.