FAQ 10 Regular vs Extraordinary

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• Teamwork
• ESG Criteria
• Safe Grounds
• Ecological Transition
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• FAQ 01 Issues in Fields
• FAQ 02 Player Safety
• FAQ 03 The Risks of Rubber
• FAQ 04 Zinc in Rubber
• FAQ 05 Advice to Players
• FAQ 06 How does POWERgrass solve?
• FAQ 07 Sports Fields Standards
• FAQ 08 Hours of play per week
• FAQ 09 Cost-Benefit Analysis
• FAQ 10 Regular vs Extraordinary
• FAQ 11 The Challenges of Sports Fields
• FAQ 12 Environmental standards and the field
• FAQ 13 Meaning of Sustainable Fields
• FAQ 14 Fields and Greenwashing

What are the differences between regular and extraordinary maintenance in natural and synthetic grass fields? And what benefits does the hybrid POWERgrass system offer?

Maintaining a sports field requires intricate work, attention, and know-how. To ensure its longevity and safe use, it's crucial to distinguish between two types of maintenance: regular and extraordinary.

Regular maintenance refers to the daily care necessary for the field. This includes watering, seeding, fertilizing, aerating the soil and mowing the grass for natural grass fields. These steps help keep the grass alive, healthy, and robust. For synthetic grass fields, routine maintenance involves cleaning, adding or aerating the infill, and brushing the grass to maintain a level surface and lift the artificial fibers. Cleaning is necessary to ensure an environment free from debris and dust, which is why it's necessary to water the field before each training session, which also helps to reduce the temperature on hot days.

On the other hand, extraordinary maintenance concerns more in-depth and complex interventions that occur periodically, such as the reconstruction of natural grass through soil remediation or the replacement of synthetic grass. These actions are necessary to ensure optimal playing conditions in the long term.

POWERgrass is an innovative hybrid system that combines the benefits of natural grass with synthetic grass, creating a robust and resilient playing field that requires less regular maintenance than a field composed entirely of natural grass, and less extraordinary maintenance than a completely synthetic field.

The benefits of POWERgrass include superior erosion and weather damage resistance compared to natural or synthetic fields, while still allowing intensive use of the field. Thanks to an effective drainage system, POWERgrass is able to quickly remove water during heavy rain and retain water in the soil, thus limiting the risk of flooding. Regular maintenance is also simplified, reducing the need for post-match interventions compared to natural grass fields.

In conclusion, both regular and extraordinary maintenance are essential for keeping a sports field in good condition. However, adopting a hybrid system like POWERgrass can significantly reduce overall maintenance work and increase durability.

In conclusion, both regular and extraordinary maintenance are essential to keep a sports field in good condition. However, the adoption of a hybrid system like POWERgrass can significantly reduce overall maintenance work, increase the durability and resilience of the field, and limit the risks associated with weather events, thanks to its ability to adapt to climate changes.