We are thinking of laying Artificial Grass and was wondering if anyone on here has done it, if so, what company have you purchased from and have you had any problems with the smell from dogs urine.

Yes here .we have had artificial for about 5 years and love it. As for.smells I wash it regularly with a kennel.discinfectant which seems to deal.with the problem of urine smells.
Best thing I did for.the garden and no more mud coming indoors.
We have ours done by a company in Sussex would have to check to see who it was now.i did have three quotes before then but their pricing was good and the fact they have contracts with the national trust and some rescue kennels did it for me .also this  company doesn't use sand on top of the grass which I liked as it can track . No problems at all the dogs seem to really like it as it gets warm and soft  and they sunbathe more

You could have an area away from the artificial grass and teach your dog to toilet there rather then on the plastic grass

Do you know if they put a membrane down and used sand. Name of company would be helpful if you can find it please.

Yes they laid mot 1 ( aggregate ) and a membrane . Then from memory sand and then the grass but didn't use sand in top as most do . It doesn't move without it as some say . Will see if I can find the company name

Think it was this company . perfectly green guy's name was Stuart hedgecock. They also.did my neighbours who is also happy

Can I ask why you want artificial grass?   OK, no mowing but I don't think I'd ever go for that - just as I don't believe in paving over a front garden other than if it's totally necessary to get a car off the road.   The more we mess around with the water table, the more problems we risk starting.  Natural for me, and my hounds!

Its nothing like paving or concreting over an area where water can't penetrate
It doesnt affect the water tableas .water  .flows through it just  like normal.grass and the same as if u removed grass and left soil
.it isn't a plastic sheet that's impermeable. It's a fully permeable membrane . Just like for example agricultural fleece.
Infact we are on clay and now we have the artificial grass our garden actually absorbs the water and doesn't run off and down on to the patio as it did. Much better for all
I hate  seeing  gardens  paved from all.sorts of angles particularly as I am also a keen gardener.
We had this discussion a while back and my comments were confirmed as true.not sure if the search function will still show.that discussion as it was probably 4 or 5 years ago  .there a number of reasons people may choose artificial grass and actually given my lifestyle yes it's natural.things s for us too but sometimes there are manmade things that are good as well .that's without getting Into a.who is most environmentally friendly arguement

I've had artificial grass now for over 10 years, I love it. It's so clean, in winter the front garden that is still grass turns to mud, but the back garden looks the same all year round. The dogs play on it, toilet on it, lie on it just as they do real grass and it's really easy to pick poos up. It would smell in summer if I didn't hose it down every other day. I started off using disinfectants, odorkill or similar but now I just use bleach, it hasn't affected the grass.

I laid mine myself, well with several friends as it's really heavy! I bought it from asgoodasgrass.co.uk and chose one that didn't require sand infilling. I didn't want sand being dragged into the house on paws.

We have clay soil so in the winter its so muddy. My previous breed wasn't so bad as they didn't tear around but Australian Shepherds are always on the go and have put up with it for 10 years but the winters have got wetter and its a decision I have not made lightly because of the cost.

We have clay soil so in the winter its so muddy. My previous breed wasn't so bad as they didn't tear around but Australian Shepherds are always on the go and have put up with it for 10 years but the winters have got wetter and its a decision I have not made lightly because of the cost.

That was our problem .clay soil and three dogs tearing around .we either had solid clay in summer or something approaching a paddy field in the winter with massive run off.
Now lovely green grass all.year no mud and no run off as it all absorbs where it should. Happy dogs and happy me and clean floors

May I ask as you laid yours yourself which is what we intend doing what layers did you put under the grass and how do you know which ones do not require sand filling/

To avoid a paddy field during the winter months, artificial grass laying apart, we do the last cut in the Fall with the mower set slightly higher.  And if we do start to get bald patches through the winter, we use canes to keep our two off that area.   And repair in the Spring.

Ours isn't big enough to do that unfortunately .would be lovely if I had room to divide off different parts but sadly not. 25 years of trying different things in the end it had to go. Or learn to live with the mess indoors and out .I couldn't especially having children running about on the latest too . .

>  And if we do start to get bald patches through the winter, we use canes to keep our two off that area. 

Two dogs could well be manageable particularly if the garden is large and the dogs are docile. But any more dogs and if they like running about playing and rolling and scratching after doing their "business" - normally there'd be little chance having any meaningful grass by mid-winter. Clay soil, wet winter and the mud is such it looks as if pigs live there...