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Originally Posted by steelie600
Ive just built one out of astro, in Crewe Cheshire.
When you lay the astro you will need machinery to do this because of the sheer weight of it. 1 roll of astro weighs over 600kg
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Its heavy if you use second hand sandfilled astro.
The astro turf itself is pretty light weight, its the sand that makes it heavy to handle. As well as being heavy, sandfill has the drawback that the sand comes up in warm weather and makes the surface slippery.
Non-sandfill is much lighter and can be laid by hand, but needs to be securely fixed down. Normally done by laying heavy timbers in the ground to secure the astro to.
You need a smooth compacted surface to lay on, so if the ground has a lot of rocks then you will need to do plenty of prep.