{"id":5146,"date":"2026-09-30T04:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T04:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:14:40","slug":"what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/ru\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0418\u0441\u043a\u0443\u0441\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0433\u0430\u0437\u043e\u043d \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0430\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0442\u043e\u0432: \u043a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u0438\u043f \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\nh2 { font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 40px 0 18px; }\nh3 { font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.35; margin: 26px 0 12px; }\np { line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 28px; }\ntable { display: table !important; width: 100% !important; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nth { text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; background: #1a5c2e; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 600; }\ntd { padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5; vertical-align: top; }\nfigcaption { text-align: center; font-style: italic; }\n.callout-note { border-left: 4px solid #1a5c2e; background: #f3f7f2; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 28px 0; border-radius: 4px; }\n.callout-warning { border-left: 4px solid #b8860b; background: #fdf7e8; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 28px 0; border-radius: 4px; }\n<\/style>\n<p>Padel turf tends to arrive as a single line on a quotation, and that line hides more than most buyers expect. Behind it sit three yarn families, two sand finishes and a measured layer of silica, all of which decide how the court plays. On a padel court that hidden detail is not cosmetic, because the yarn and the sand are the two things the ball actually touches. The label on the roll already names the family, so we would rather explain what each name means before the comparison starts.<\/p>\n<p>We sit on the factory side of that conversation, at the product desk where club operators and contractors compare samples side by side. Which artificial grass for padel courts ends up on the court is, in practice, a question about the yarn first and the specification sheet second. Every sample we cut for a padel project starts the same way: with the family name, before any number on the label. It is the same walk we give at the sample shelf: family by family, then the sand and the pile that make any family work.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"why-padel-needs-its-own-grass\">Why Padel Needs Its Own Grass<\/h2>\n<p>A padel ball never meets the turf alone. Every rally ends with the ball meeting both the surface and the glass, so the carpet is engineered as one half of a rebound system. The wall returns the ball at angles no open court ever produces, and the carpet has to meet it there. That single fact explains nearly every specification choice behind the grass on a padel court, and it is the lens this page keeps coming back to.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot1-empty-padel-court.webp\" data-img-slot=\"1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Padel court with blue artificial turf inside a glass enclosure\" class=\"wp-image-5134\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot1-empty-padel-court.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot1-empty-padel-court-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot1-empty-padel-court-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot1-empty-padel-court-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot1-empty-padel-court-16x12.webp 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>The glass walls are part of the game &#8211; the turf is engineered around them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The floor under a padel court does not have to be turf at all. The sport&#8217;s encyclopedia entry notes that the court has a floor made of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Padel_(sport)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a floor made of concrete, plastic, or artificial grass<\/a>. Early courts ran on concrete walls and surfaces before those were eventually replaced by glass walls and artificial turf. Turf came in for the same reason the glass did: to make the way the ball behaves part of the design rather than an accident of the ground.<\/p>\n<p>When builders do choose turf, the sand-filled kind wins for reasons that show up in play. One surface guide frames sand-filled artificial turf as the standard choice because of ball behaviour, footing and drainage. Drainage matters here too, because an outdoor court that holds water takes itself out of play until it dries. The turf itself is deliberately distinct from garden or football grass too: padel-specific carpet is short and dense to give a uniform bounce and to keep up with quick footwork. A short pile keeps the ball on the surface plane instead of letting it dig in, and a dense one keeps the footing steady through lateral movement.<\/p>\n<p>Everything below builds on that foundation. One installer page ties a highly dense, short-pile monofilament or fibrillated structure to consistent rebound off the surface and the glass walls. Grip and slide sit on the same balance: hold the planting foot, release the first step. The colour and the brand come later; the rebound comes first. Choosing the right artificial grass for padel courts therefore starts with the rebound system, not with a colour sample.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"monofilament-yarn-the-reference-surface\">Monofilament Yarn: the Reference Surface<\/h2>\n<p>Monofilament yarn is the easiest sample on the shelf to understand, and it is usually the one buyers recognise first. Each blade is an individual strand extruded on its own, with no net splitting it into smaller fibres. The look and feel sit closest to natural grass of any family, and the colours read brighter because each blade catches light on its own. Pick a tuft between your fingers and the blades stand apart instead of clinging together in sheets.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot2-close-up-brushed.webp\" data-img-slot=\"2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Close-up of dense short-pile artificial turf fibres\" class=\"wp-image-5135\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot2-close-up-brushed.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot2-close-up-brushed-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot2-close-up-brushed-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot2-close-up-brushed-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot2-close-up-brushed-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>Dense artificial grass blades stand upright after brushing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That structure is why monofilament dominates the padel market. The blades stand up under the sand and recover fastest after heavy use, per one manufacturer guide. One surface guide calls monofilament the most widely installed option and the reference surface for competitive play, and one regional installer names it the quality-court choice at competition level. When a club operator shortlists artificial grass for padel courts, this is usually the first swatch on the table. Those endorsements agree for one reason: the structure gives the sand something to hold without giving up rebound.<\/p>\n<p>The working mechanism lives where the sand meets the fibre. Sand is brushed in deep between the blades while the fibre tips stay exposed, and those exposed tips are where the grip comes from, per one installer page. That division of labour is the whole design: the sand carries the bounce and the fibre carries the footing. In practice that means the brush, not the blade, decides how a monofilament court feels over a season of play. The same mechanism explains why density matters so much on this family, and that topic gets its own section below.<\/p>\n<p>Density decides how the sand behaves underfoot. Lower density lets the sand shift too much and friction turns uneven, while high density locks the infill in place for a uniform surface, per the same manufacturer guide. Two courts can carry the same spec sheet and still play differently if one locks the sand and the other lets it wander. That is the quiet reason two nominally identical courts can feel like different venues. Keep that mechanism in mind; it returns with force in the pile and density section.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"fibrillated-yarn-the-net-that-holds-sand\">Fibrillated Yarn: the Net That Holds Sand<\/h2>\n<p>Fibrillated yarn starts life as a wider blade with pre-cut slits down its length. Under play and brushing, those slits open up and the blade splits into a honeycomb-like net of finer strands, per one manufacturer guide and one surface guide. The split is not a defect; it is the design doing its job, because every new strand edge adds another point that can pin sand in place. On the shelf it can look unremarkable; in the sand it becomes a lattice.<\/p>\n<p>The net is the point. A honeycomb of fibres holds sand more effectively than open blades and retains it better in wind, which suits outdoor courts and multi-court community builds where maintenance windows are thin. Anyone who has watched a dry infill migrate across an exposed site will understand why that wind retention matters. A court that keeps its sand keeps its pace, which is the whole reason the wind claim matters. It is also the lower-cost option, and one surface guide notes it is common on recreational and budget courts for exactly that reason.<\/p>\n<p>The honest boundary is worth stating as the published sources state it, not as a verdict, because the sources genuinely differ. One installer page describes fibrillated turf on padel courts as playing slightly slower than monofilament because the net moves more sand. One surface guide adds that it typically shows wear sooner than monofilament under heavy scheduling. One regional installer does not recommend it for quality courts, while the UK trade body code lists it as acceptable. Each statement is true of its own source, and the family still earns its place on outdoor and community courts wherever sand retention, wind exposure and budget lead the brief.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"textured-yarn-the-crimped-tournament-option\">Textured Yarn: the Crimped Tournament Option<\/h2>\n<p>The third family barely registers in most published guides, which is odd, because it is the one the professional game leans on. Textured yarn is crimped or curled: the fibres are heat-set into a texture rather than standing as straight blades. The sand is wrapped between the curls instead of resting on top of them, which is a different locking idea from either open-blade family. Per one manufacturer guide, this textured-curled construction is tabled for professional tour play with high durability. It is a deliberately different answer to the same question of how artificial grass for padel courts should hold its infill.<\/p>\n<p>Our own line runs on this platform. Our padel systems are 15 mm sand-dressed products built on a curled yarn platform, with dedicated padel colourways including KDK-style variants. We do not offer that as a ranking of the other families; it is simply the construction our product desk specifies most often when a court needs tournament-grade durability. The colourways are not cosmetic either; a club that wants its court to match its brand can order the same platform in its own palette. The durability claim in the published table and the way our line is built point the same direction: a texture that keeps doing its job as the sand moves.<\/p>\n<p>Selection deserves its own treatment. If you are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/choose-artificial-turf-padel-stadium\/\">choosing between the three yarn families for a given stadium<\/a>, the venue-by-venue logic lives in our separate stadium guide. The families above describe behaviour; a stadium adds scheduling, climate and budget to the same three-way choice.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-the-types-feel-different-on-court\">How the Types Feel Different on Court<\/h2>\n<p>Specifications read flat; courts do not. Walk two courts built on different families and the difference reaches your feet before it reaches the scoreboard. The same ball, the same sand, the same glass, yet the ball holds up a beat longer on one court and skids through on the other. Players feel this as court character long before anyone shows them a datasheet.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot3-indoor-padel-club.webp\" data-img-slot=\"3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Indoor padel club with two blue artificial turf courts side by side\" class=\"wp-image-5136\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot3-indoor-padel-club.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot3-indoor-padel-club-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot3-indoor-padel-club-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot3-indoor-padel-club-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot3-indoor-padel-club-16x12.webp 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>Same sport, same sand &#8211; three yarn families to tell apart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three levers drive that difference: the yarn structure, the sand level and the density that locks the sand in place. The infill level in particular acts as a pace dial. Merging three published sources that point the same way, more sand slows the game and adds cushioning, while less sand quickens it and exposes more fibre tip for grip. Sand level and density get their own sections below; the yarn is where the comparison has to start. The table below lines the three families up on that basis, reading artificial grass for padel courts by behaviour rather than by brochure.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Parameter<\/th>\n<th>Monofilament<\/th>\n<th>Fibrillated<\/th>\n<th>Textured-curled<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yarn structure<\/td>\n<td>Individual blades with no net splitting (per one manufacturer guide)<\/td>\n<td>Wider blades with slits that open into a net (per one installer FAQ)<\/td>\n<td>Crimped, heat-set curls (per one manufacturer guide)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sand behaviour<\/td>\n<td>Sand brushed in deep, tips exposed, less sand movement<\/td>\n<td>Holds sand best, including in wind<\/td>\n<td>Sand wrapped between the curls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pace feel<\/td>\n<td>Faster game; the reference surface for competitive play (per one surface guide)<\/td>\n<td>Slightly slower game (per one installer FAQ)<\/td>\n<td>Tabled for professional tour play (per one manufacturer guide)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Typical home<\/td>\n<td>Quality and competition courts<\/td>\n<td>Recreational and budget builds<\/td>\n<td>Tournament and pro venues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Published Sand Loads Disagree<\/h3>\n<p>One caution belongs under the table: published sand loads disagree. One manufacturer table lists 8-10 kg per square metre while one installer page lists 12-15 kg per square metre, and both figures come from their respective guides&#8217; working assumptions. The numbers themselves belong to a specification discussion; what matters here is the direction of travel, not the decimals. The disagreement is a reminder that sand load is tuned, not stamped, and that a court can be corrected by sand long before it needs new carpet.<\/p>\n<p>Colour closes the comparison. Blue and green dominate padel courts, partly for aesthetics and partly for contrast with the ball under specific lighting, per one surface guide. Under floodlights the contrast shifts, and the same surface can read differently than it does in daylight. Coloured silica sand matched to the turf exists as well, per one manufacturer guide, so the sand can finish the look the yarn starts. None of that changes how the ball plays, but it explains why two clubs with identical specifications can still order two different-looking surfaces.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"matching-the-grass-type-to-the-facility\">Matching the Grass Type to the Facility<\/h2>\n<p>The type is only half the answer; the facility is the other half. Traffic level decides how much monofilament&#8217;s recovery advantage is actually worth. One surface guide credits monofilament with the fastest recovery after heavy use, and notes that fibrillated turf typically shows wear sooner under heavy scheduling. A two-court club with light evening bookings lives in a different world from an eight-court venue running junior academies at dawn. The first can keep almost any family looking fresh; the second buys recovery every single morning and pays for it in worn high-traffic zones.<\/p>\n<p>Climate comes next. UV degradation accelerates in high-sun climates, and one regional installer advises that the datasheet should name its stabiliser package rather than simply claim UV resistance. No ratings are quoted here; the same yarn family ages differently across climates, so the specification conversation should reach the stabiliser, not stop at the colour. The additive package is also where a supplier either shows its homework or hides behind a marketing word. A buyer in a high-sun region asks a different question, and the honest answer lives in the additive package, not in the yarn name.<\/p>\n<p>Sand retention rides on density, per one manufacturer guide, and density is a maker&#8217;s decision as much as a spec-sheet line. That is why the same yarn family can play differently across suppliers, and why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/padel-court-turf-manufacturers-china\/\">vetting the maker behind the yarn<\/a> is its own checklist rather than a footnote. Read this way, the type answer is a scene answer, not a ranking, and every scene has its own three-way tiebreak. The right family is the one that matches the traffic, the climate and the sand discipline of a given facility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cta-box\" style=\"background-color:#1a2b3c;border-radius:6px;padding:30px;margin:35px 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#ffffff;margin-top:0;\">Worried Two Courts With the Same Grass Won&#8217;t Play the Same?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff;\">Our line runs every step in-house, from extrusion and twisting to tufting and coating, so the yarn type you specify is the yarn type that arrives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/sports-artificial-grass\/padel-turf\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#1a5c2e;color:#ffffff;padding:12px 24px;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;\">See Padel Turf Systems<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"sand-dressed-or-sand-filled-the-working-half\">Sand-Dressed or Sand-Filled: the Working Half<\/h2>\n<p>Whatever the yarn family, the surface only works once the sand is in it. Sand infill is not ballast alone: it controls the coefficient of friction and prevents the pile from laying flat, per one construction guide. The friction the game needs lives in that thin layer of grains, not in the polymer alone. Brush the silica out of a padel court and you are left with a carpet that slides, skids and wears on its own fibre. That is why the sand conversation is not an installation footnote; it is half of what the word surface actually means.<\/p>\n<p>The UK trade body code for padel courts puts it more bluntly. Per that code, the surface <a href=\"https:\/\/sapca.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CoP_for_padel_courts_v3_040321.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will not perform if the carpet is not correctly sand dressed or filled<\/a> prior to play, and its durability is compromised along with it. The same code sets out the discipline: sand applied evenly in stages and brushed into the pile so it stands upright. Getting that discipline right is what separates a playable court from a polished one. The dressing is finished to a constant depth within the base of the pile, with top-ups after installation determined on an individual basis.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot4-groundskeeper-dragging-wide.webp\" data-img-slot=\"4\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Worker dragging a wide brush across a sports court beside artificial turf\" class=\"wp-image-5137\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot4-groundskeeper-dragging-wide.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot4-groundskeeper-dragging-wide-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot4-groundskeeper-dragging-wide-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot4-groundskeeper-dragging-wide-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/what-type-artificial-grass-padel-courts-slot4-groundskeeper-dragging-wide-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>A wide maintenance brush keeps the court surface even.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two names in the heading describe one practice at two degrees, as we read the published sources. Sand-dressed and sand-filled are both published terms for silica brushed into the pile, and the code itself pairs them in a single sentence. What differs between them is degree, not chemistry. Neither version is a different product, so a quote for artificial grass for padel courts should be read with the sand specification attached, whatever the label says. The label tells you the degree; the sand line tells you whether the degree was actually delivered.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Rounded, Washed Silica<\/h3>\n<p>Grain shape carries the rest of the story. Rounded, washed silica sand does not compact into a hard crust, while angular sand cuts the fibres like thousands of tiny knives, per one manufacturer guide. The grade must also suit the local climate, per the same code, since some continental grades run too fine for certain regions. Our own padel line is a 15 mm sand-dressed system, and the sand discipline above is written into how we describe it.<\/p>\n<p>The sand is half the surface; the other half is everything it sits in. How the sand layer fits the wider surface system, from carpet choice to finished play, is the subject of our separate surface-system guide. Read together, the two halves explain most of what players describe as court speed. Carpet, sand, base and brush work as one system, and the weak link is always the one nobody specified.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pile-height-and-density-without-the-numbers\">Pile Height and Density Without the Numbers<\/h2>\n<p>Pile height sounds like a numbers topic, but its effect is mechanical. The height sets how deep the ball sinks into the surface. On padel turf the ball plays off the combined plane of sand and exposed fibre tips, which is why the carpet is kept short and dense. Get either wrong and no yarn family can rescue the court. That is the logic behind every serious artificial grass for padel courts specification, and it holds across all three yarn families.<\/p>\n<p>The millimetre balance is where grip lives. Sand brushed in deep leaves the tips exposed for grip, per one installer page. Too much sand buries the tips and the court turns dead; too little leaves the ball fast and bouncy with control gone. Density then decides whether the sand stays put. Low density lets it shift until friction turns uneven; high density locks the infill for a uniform surface, per one manufacturer guide.<\/p>\n<p>For a reference frame, the UK trade body code lists a 10-15 mm pile for padel turf with monofilament yarn preferred, and fibrillated listed as acceptable. That range is the industry&#8217;s published bracket, not a rule for every project; makers sit at different points inside it depending on their yarn platform and sand programme. Where a court sits inside the bracket is exactly the kind of decision the traffic and sand conversation above should drive. The bracket is where specification literacy starts, not where it ends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout-note\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/padel-court-turf-specifications\/\">Reading the pile numbers line by line<\/a>, and what each figure buys on court, is the job of our separate specification guide rather than this primer. This primer&#8217;s job is the mechanism underneath them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- relyirgate:C1 --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Is padel court grass the same as garden artificial grass?<\/h3>\n<p>No. Padel turf is a short, dense carpet engineered around silica sand and combined rebound off the surface and the glass walls. Garden artificial grass is built for looks and light foot traffic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Why do padel courts need silica sand at all?<\/h3>\n<p>Silica sand stands the fibres upright, sets the friction the game needs and keeps the bounce even. Per the UK trade body code, the surface will not perform if the carpet is not correctly sand dressed or filled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Can ordinary building sand be used as padel infill?<\/h3>\n<p>No. Angular building grains abrade the fibres as players move across them, so washed, rounded silica sand is the specified infill for a padel court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Which yarn type do professional padel courts use?<\/h3>\n<p>Monofilament is the reference surface for competitive play per one surface guide, while one manufacturer&#8217;s table positions textured-curled yarn for professional tour play with high durability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How is the sand on a padel court maintained after installation?<\/h3>\n<p>Per one installer FAQ, heavy-use commercial courts get weekly brushing to redistribute sand and prevent compaction. 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