As a drought becomes a major concern in California, more pleasing to home and worry owners and the idea of replacing old lawns with artificial grass becomes more. San Francisco, he has bit the bullet and off and replace the sod with artificial turf: "Thirty something years of having droughts on, the homeowner of Newark confessed, fox News, in the interview with Ken Wayne, jim Luthi.

Ideal resilience super-natural, blades are designed for high performance, looking turf. Carpet looking Astroturf , it is not your old-fashioned. Global Syn-Turf produces more than 65 types of artificial grass of several colors, heights and weights Engineered.

For some it doesn't worth it anymore  and, as every homeowner knows, water and a nice lawn takes a lot of work.

"Different engineered blades is the way of the world perfect now" . "We've doubled, he said, tripled every month". Told KTVU the worry is booming, a company vice-president, dave Maronic.

Loaded his pick up with a giant roll of fake turf at Global Syn-Turf's warehouse in Hayward, michael McGinnis, california, a landscaper. He says he is getting a lot more business installing turf .

"It's becoming extremely popular. People can't get enough of it I guess", he told KTVU .

It's environmentally safe for the kids for, said Maronic , the pets". Feels like the real thing, "It looks just like the real thing.

With increasing popularity of fake turf in United States, most manufacturers run out of products quickly, but not Global Syn-Turf . They carry fake turf products all around United States, colorado, new York and East Coast, including large metropolitan areas in Florida, new Mexico, texas Nevada, arizona. The artificial turf industry is exploding. Residents and landscaping businesses in Southern California pick up turf directly from GST's huge Los Angeles and San Diego warehouses. But that's only a little part of their care. Square foot warehouse in Hayward, the largest artificial grass manufacturing company in America runs 45000, global Syn-Turf.

Looks like routine grass". "I think it looks great. At least that's the thinking of Jim Luthi as he gazes at his pristine Newark yard. Looks fabulous.

Global Syn-Turf installed a million square feet of turf at the Twin Creek Sports Complex in Sunnyvale, this year, california .

He said , not something we sell". Said Maronic, for the pets", "It's environmentally safe for the kids. So it's not something we carry. "There's several padding to meet G-Max ratings for fields that you don't have to use that rubber.

Jim said , and I wanted to lessen the workload on myself a small too". I'm going to do it, "A few years ago I wouldn't have got this because I didn't like the artificial turf, but they've gotten so good now that I figured you know what.

"the actual situation in the next few decades could be even more dire that our study suggested", according to professor of Earth sciences at UC Santa Cruz Lisa Sloan, who predicted a severe California drought back in 2004. For most homeowners swapping to artificial lawns makes more sense money and upkeep wise , but even the scientists are wrong. Major water agencies run rebate programs to help homeowners transition their lawns into the drought-tolerant landscape, in California. But in a long haul it pays for itself by reducing water bills and the maintenance costs, you may think that installing artificial turf is a more costly alternative to a natural sod.

Dave Maronic made it tranquil that Global Syn-Turf has never been in favor with the use of old used, used by other artificial grass manufacturers and With the late business about a crumb rubber linked to health issues, and always recommended natural infill solutions to their customers , crumb tires.

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G-Max is the measurement of the shock attenuation of sports surfaces. Leads to premature exhaustion and, may not provide enough energy return to the athlete and the surface is too soft, with the G-Max below 120. There are other ways to achieve a maximum level of protection to athletes  and, the use of crumb rubber is not required to achieve impeccable G-Max rating. The performance values of an artificial grass field can be understood as a reflection of the field's G-Max rating. When G-Max rating is above 180, it creates an overly hard field, and will cause a performance hazard introducing the risk for severe injuries.