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Synthetic Turf Installation in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

At Soft Surfaces, we’re a specialist installer on Synthetic Turf Surfacing in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, and are able to fit this surface nationwide.

In addition to installations, our team can offer Synthetic Turf repair services for existing Synthetic Turf surfaces within this location, so if you have currently got a synthetic turf surfacing that needs either resurfacing or rejuvenating, feel free to get in touch with us today.

For this particular blog post, we show off one of our Synthetic Turf installations that we carried out in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.

Below you can see the specific information for this install, as well as the video transcript describing the job in detail.

As always, if you are interested in any of our synthetic turf services we offer throughout Leighton Buzzard or the entire Bedfordshire area, feel free to get in touch with us for a free, no obligation quote today.

Synthetic Turf Surfacing in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Case Study

What was the specification? : 4 lane Multisport long jump
What colours were used? : Red and blue
What was the size of the job? : 120m²
How long did the job take? 7 day on site
What sub base was used? : Porous stone sub base

With over 20 years of experience, this is only one of our many projects where we have installed Synthetic Turf. This type of surface is most commonly seen as all-weather sports pitches for sports such as football and hockey. But this school have used it for their long and triple jump track, benefiting from the smooth level surfaces compared to their old worn synthetic track.

Synthetic Turf Installation

In the short video below our in house team of installers convert this old compacted stone long jump track, to a bright coloured activity area where the pupils can practice athletic sports to further careers to become professional sports people or Olympians.

This video highlights the process that we use to revitalise this area adding a sufficient sub-base to clear standing water and provide drainage to the surface. After this is completed the then lay the different colours of Synthetic turf to provide the lanes for the wearing course.

Please see video transcript below:

00:05 Hi, guys. It’s Dan from Soft Surfaces here. I’m still going to be showing you a Multi-Sport long jump installation for Vandyke Upper School in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.

00:12 So firstly, we examined the old surface, made sure it’s suitable for the surface that we’re going to lay and then also remove the area.

00:17 So as you can see, we’re removing it there for the long jump to be installed. Next, the curb edging is installed, so these are the edging that goes around the long jump, as you can see. So basically we fit them to obviously know where we’re going to build up to for the stone base.

00:25 As you can see, this is the stone base being installed now. So the stone sub-base is basically a necessary part for the Multi Sport to be installed onto, there we are laying it.
And finally, the Multi Sport synthetic turf is then installed.

00:39 So as you can see here, this is us installing the turf, adding to the color of the facility and it really makes it look great when it’s finished.

00:45 So here is the finished product now, you’re going to see some photos of that.

00:49 This is a really great facility, obviously we have four lanes on this, meaning that multiple kids can use it at the same time. It’s great for their educational and recreational use, whilst obviously giving them the ability to have a bit of fun on the playground and obviously learn about the sport long jump. And yeah, just a great surface all-round, really, for a school.

01:02 So we hope you enjoyed this video, and we’ll see you guys later.

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is the fourteenth most densely populated county of England and has over half the population living in the counties two largest built-up areas. Luton having a population of 236,000 and the county town of Bedford having 102,000 as of the 2011 census.

Bedfordshire has two of Englands six main highways that pass through Bedfordshire, the A1 and the A5. The A1 from London to Edinburgh sometimes know as the great northern road and the A5 between London and Holyhead Road passing through to Dunstable.

Benefits of a Synthetic Turf in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Having a synthetic turf surface installed in the Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire area has many benefits, these include the following:

Proper Drainage

Synthetic Turf is designed to have small holes to seamlessly drain water from the surface, whether this is caused by rain, rinsing or paddling pool. This makes the surface the more safety-conscious option as you won’t find yourself getting injured.

Reduced Maintenance Costs

Synthetic Turf required little to no maintenance, aside from the occasional sweep and rinse to keep leaves and debris at bay. Not only is this time-consuming, but it’s incredibly expensive as opposed to the cheap and simple and easy maintenance.

Withstands Harsh Weather Conditions

When it comes to real grass, too much sun can dry the grass out, whereas too much rain can drown the grass out. Since natural grass is a living thing, it is very sensitive to the environment and requires a rigorous maintenance schedule. However this doesn’t apply to synthetic grass as it is crafted from manmade substances that aren’t really affected by environmental factors.

Why Choose Us?

At Soft Surfaces our team have over 25 years of experience installing synthetic turf surfacing in Leighton Buzzard, as well as across Bedfordshire in general.

The team pride themselves on only using the highest quality materials for our works, and our hard working installers will work relentlessly to ensure your Leighton Buzzard synthetic turf surface looks brilliant no matter the specification you desire.

Additionally, our team can take care of the maintenance of your surface post installation too, making the process of caring for your new synthetic surface a breeze. Feel free to get in touch with us if this is something you would be interested in, and a member of our team will get back to you right away.

Other Bedfordshire Areas we Install Synthetic Turf

At Soft Surfaces, we are able to install Synthetic Turf throughout Bedfordshire, including the following areas:

  • Synthetic Turf Installation in Luton
  • Synthetic Turf Installation in Bedford
  • Synthetic Turf Installation in Flitwick
  • Synthetic Turf Installation in Biggleswade
  • Synthetic Turf Installation in Sandy

and any other surrounding area.

Contact Us

Feel free to get in touch with our team today if you have your own Long Jump design or have any questions about this specification. We would be happy to talk about this more and look at your budget so we can offer an affordable price. Please fill in our contact form with the details of your project and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

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