State-of-the-art aeration and drainage

To remove short plugs of rootzone onto the surface, helping gas exchange and assisting top-dressing amelioration.

This can strip the top off a pitch and remove all vegetation and rootzone to a depth of up to 30mm on sand-based pitches. It can also be used to fraise mow and take away the above-ground plant material, leaving a clean surface in which to establish a new sward of preferred grass species.

Using a Shockwave rotary decompactor or Soil Reliever vertidrain machine helps eliminate soil compaction and stale, anaerobic conditions - the primary cause of poor root systems, soil waterlogging and surface deterioration.

Removal of dead plant tissue from the sward is essential to reduce thatch and disease and minimise the incidence of a spongy, divot-prone surface.

In bare soil, new seed has to be evenly sown - not spread - to give rapid establishment and create a dense sward. This provides the uniform, consistent, playing surface essential for a successful club.

We can do the essential fertilising of your grass and prepare customised blends tailored to individual customer needs. Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash can be applied accurately and speedily through our equipment. Trace element materials can be simultaneously applied, thus catering for your turf’s entire nutrient requirements.We offer an individual soil testing service.

Getting maximum germination and establishment percentages of seed only happens when there is good seed-to-soil contact - we place the seed in the soil, not on top of it!

The application of new growing media is essential to retain a thriving rootzone. Apply top-dress sands, dressings, rootzones, composts or amendments of your choice over whole pitches or specific areas - whatever the size.

We undertake projects ranging from the creation of new winter sports pitches where irrigation and drainage systems are included in the specification, to smaller customised projects where localized pitch areas need draining.

Site inspections and surveys, specification compilation (with independent advisors such as STRI, IOG, etc.), construction methods and on-going maintenance plans all form part of our comprehensive service to ensure things are done correctly. We can also give advice on sourcing funding from bodies such as Sport Lottery, ECB, RFU and the FA.

We believe in building working relationships so that you have the confidence to get not only the best construction, but also the vital aftercare and maintenance programmes that keep any new facility working properly. Without that combination, even the best built turf surface deteriorates.