We see buyers pick a pile height from a single number on a spec sheet. Then they wonder why the lawn mats under chairs or why the pet run smells by week three. Our team reads height like any other dial on the artificial turf line.
How to choose the ideal height for your turf starts with the application, not the millimetre. Walk through this guide and you will leave with a height range, a density pairing, a backing choice and a traffic axis you can pin to a quote sheet.
Read Pile Height Against Your Application
Pile height is the vertical distance from the backing to the tip of the yarn. It is not the thickness of the finished mat underfoot. It is also not a comfort score on its own.
We treat height like a mattress spring rather than the foam layer above it. The printed height tells you the relaxed length of the fibre. What matters is how the fibre springs back after load.
That rebound is why height is read with density, face weight and backing. A short turf with high stitch density reads fuller than a tall sparse one. An unsupported long pile flattens in a busy doorway within a season.
How to choose the ideal height against your application comes down to a simple rule: name the use, name the traffic, then pick the range. The reverse order is where most rework starts on site.
Height Ranges for Residential Lawns
Residential work splits into three sub-zones. A B2B buyer who treats the whole garden as one height usually pays for it later. Front-yard curb appeal rewards a fuller look. The back garden trades some softness for family durability. A patio or terrace asks for low furniture-leg resistance.
| Sub-zone | Pile height range | Pair with |
|---|---|---|
| Front yard | 35 to 45 mm | High stitch density; PP+Net backing; PE monofil yarn |
| Family backyard | 30 to 40 mm | Mid density; PP+non-woven backing; light sand infill |
| Patio or terrace seating | 25 to 35 mm | Dense stitch; PU backing for furniture legs |
Our residential artificial grass buyers are encouraged to split the spec by zone rather than commit to one number across the whole site. A two-range quote reads cleanly and removes the trap of a tall front lawn that flattens under the post box.
Height Ranges for Commercial Landscapes
Commercial landscapes put wear on the wrong place. Office entries, retail precincts and public plazas see concentrated footfall around doors, bins and signage. The spec that wins on day one is rarely the spec that wins on day three hundred.
How to choose the right height here is to steer buyers toward 10 to 25 mm of pile with a high stitch rate. Short pile cleans faster. It hides minor soiling and keeps a uniform look under furniture moves and event rigging.
Urban green spaces that want a softer feel can push to 40 mm at most. They should only do that when traffic is genuinely light. Event and trade-show turf is a separate case. Weight, install time and rolling-up damage matter more than plushness, so 10 to 25 mm with a PP+non-woven backing is the working spec.
The commercial artificial grass range on our line lets buyers dial the same co