Sports & Gyms Synthetic turf installation

This is the greatest question of all time in the sports industry. Yet, such articles are written by companies who are trying to sell natural sod. Most of us breathe rubber particles every day. Those particles originate from highways and city streets and far more harmful than touching a rubber field or rubber toy. When you are considering a sports area, look at rubber alternatives such as cork or antibacterial sand. Together with a pad system, you can achieve comparable performance. Like most technology, better choices come with a higher price.

The synthetic turf industry has grown a lot since its first introductions, especially the sports turf industry. It’s now safer and more customizable.

But generally speaking, activity area will be different in components from the sports field. For example, the activity area does not contain rubber infill while sports fields do.

There are multiple options. In general, activity fields use sand infill, padded exercise areas require no infill at all, and sports fields require infill mixes of various materials such as rubber and cork. 

It can warm up when in direct sunlight, but it won’t burn or hurt your athletes. You can opt for cooler infills and turf cool down systems for certain areas.

It could be argued that sports turf is cleaner than natural turf because it can be easily rinsed off and any fluids and germs will be rinsed away under the turf.

For a cleaner surface, request material with Microban technology and sanitize the surface regularly.

Synthetic turf requires some maintenance. Sanitization and cleaning are recommended. 

Here is a list of the few technologies that we work with:

Brock pad

Brockfill

Envirofill

Miroban