Sustainable Grass Paving

oday’s wide choice of grass paving systems means that Specifiers now have a wide choice of products.

With increased demand for permeable paving to address issues of SUDS, many driveways, access roads and car parks are now adopting grass paving alternatives.

With more than 50 years of grass paving installations, the Grass Concrete policy is to guide clients to the most appropriate system: insitu-concrete, pre-cast concrete or plastic systems. This strict fit for purpose policy is the key to achieving sustainability in any construction project, with careful consideration of grass paving types, particularly when likely to be subjected to frequent traffic.

For regular trafficked areas and load bearing then the products Grasscrete or Grassblock can be utilised, either cast on-site or prefabricated blocks, offering the heavy-duty concrete under structure necessary. Whereas Grassroad plastic paving has become a proven system designed for use where light trafficking applications are called for – secondary parking in driveways and grass verge hardening and embankments only.

Specifiers can turn those large parking areas into sustainable green vistas with sustainability built in. Hard landscaping often provides too much run-off into the sewer network especially during heavy flash floods, whereas the more permeable grass paving mitigates surface water run-off and its implications for the local storm water network.

To achieve the green vistas, maximum and sustainable grass cover is best guaranteed by a system that promotes permeability. The depth and shape of the soil pockets therefore has a critical part to play if grass cover is to be sustained. Both Grasscrete and Grassblock offer substantial capacity for soils and root systems to promote maximum grass coverage.

Talk to the experts of 50 years to find out more.
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