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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:47 pm
by montygti
I need to pick some of your brains again. Ive got an old dumper, range rover and trailer that i use at my stables. Ive built a little fenced off area for them in one of the fields so that they dont get in the way of the horses. My problem is the grass, its grows so quickley that i have to pull everything out every few weeks to cut it. I need something to stop the grass growing, dont want to stone it in case we eventually turn it back into the field. Was thinking of old carpet but someone suggested geotextile membrane laid down. Would this work?
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:39 pm
by Carberry
Anything that blocks sunlight will stop it growing. If you go with geotextile membrane you will need to peg it down.
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:19 am
by Dave_L
1200 DPM is what you need.
Terram no good as grass weeds etc will come through it.
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:52 pm
by Carberry
Dave_L wrote:1200 DPM is what you need.
Terram no good as grass weeds etc will come through it.
Do you mean Terram the brand or geotextile membrane?
1200 DPM will just hold water?
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:28 pm
by lutonlagerlout
Dave_L wrote:1200 DPM is what you need.
Terram no good as grass weeds etc will come through it.
how can they come through a non woven fabric dave?
terram with type 1 on it should work
in theory
LLL
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:43 am
by GB_Groundworks
shakes head at Dave
terram is a huge multinational company that produces a vast range of geotextiles mainly needle punched as opposed to woven, lets not band generic terms around and lible a company shall we hehe
http://www.terram.com/
as described you need a fairly heavy gauge non woven needle punched geotextile then stone over with a layer of mot type 1 or crusher run
in fact looking through terrams website and brochure they dont even do a woven fabric?????
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:38 pm
by seanandruby
i though he said '' no stone.'' you could go for a composite geo textile pegged down.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:34 pm
by DNgroundworks
Its not a huge job to excavate the area if you need to turn it back into field anyway! How long does it take to hitch the trailer to the range rover and drive the dumper out, 5 minutes? Cut the grass 10 minutes, put everything back 5 minutes, job done in 20!