Position your two pieces of artificial grass so that you are happy with the look of the join. Check that they blend well together by brushing up or flattening the join with your hand. Mark the centre of the join (with a score in your cracker dust for example) at both ends so you know where to run the tape before flipping the edge of both pieces of grass out of the way.
Unroll the joining tape down the entire length of the join and cut it to size. Use turf pegs or nails to secure your taught length of joining tape, adhesive side up, along the length of your join.
The next steps depend on whether you choose to use our cloth tape or our Butyl, split backing joining tape. For installing our cloth tape, first remove the paper backing of the tape, revealing the strong adhesive. Flip your pieces of grass back over and down onto your joining tape. Using a zipper-like motion, carefully apply pressure along the length of the join to make sure it is bonded all the way along. Take your time as you secure both sides of the join, making sure that they both meet in the middle of the tape.
If you choose our split backing Butyl tape, simply lay the tape out on the cracker dust where the join is going to be. Then position the grass on top and match it up correctly. Flip the grass down on one side and peel back the tape. Match the grass back down, sticking one side of the join on top of the tape. Once you have secured the piece of grass all the way along, peel the other side of the backing out from underneath slowly pushing the other side of the grass join down.
The main difference between these two different tapes and the way they are installed is that one has a split backing and the other doesn’t. The cloth tape doesn’t have a split backing, so it requires more than one person as you have to place both sides of the join down at the same time. The split backing of the butyl tape allows you to take your time with one side, perfect it, then move on to the other side. This means that it is easy to install on your own.
The final step in perfecting your join is securing it down with your U-shape turf pegs at 300mm intervals, making sure one prong is either side of the join.
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