Artificial turf over a draining base — green all year, no watering — in Mesa and all around it.
A synthetic lawn is the one patch of green in an East Valley yard that costs the same in July as it does in January. There is no watering, no mowing, no brown month while the heat breaks it, and no water bill climbing every summer to keep it alive. Primos Landscaping installs turf over a base built to drain, so the surface takes a monsoon downpour and a dog without holding water anywhere.
Most of the yards it goes into are small and heavily used — a Gilbert back yard between a block wall and a patio, a Tempe rental strip along the side of the house, a play area cut into rock. Turf fits those because it looks the same after a summer of being walked on as it did the day it went in.
The install starts by taking out whatever is there and cutting the grade down far enough that the finished turf sits level with the walk, the patio or the rock around it instead of standing proud of it like a mat. Aggregate goes in and gets compacted hard — hard enough to walk without leaving footprints, but graded so water runs off toward where the yard already drains rather than sitting in the middle. Weed barrier goes over that. The turf itself gets rolled out and left in the sun to relax before anything is cut, because rolled goods hold their memory and turf that is trimmed cold pulls at the seams later. Seams are set with the blade direction running the same way on both pieces, or the two halves read as two different shades in afternoon light. The perimeter gets nailed down close along walls, borders and bender board, and silica infill is brushed into the pile so the blades stand upright and the backing stays put. For yards with dogs the infill choice changes, and the base matters even more, since it is the base that lets urine pass straight through and rinse out instead of sitting under the backing. Trees, shrubs and planters around the turf still need their own water — turf takes the lawn off the irrigation system, not the yard.
Whatever is there comes out and the grade is cut so the turf will finish flush with everything around it.
Aggregate goes in, gets compacted firm, and is graded to send rain toward where the yard already drains.
Turf is rolled out and left to relax in the sun, then cut and seamed with the blade direction matched.
The perimeter is nailed down tight and infill is brushed through the pile until the blades stand up on their own.
The East Valley is not one yard — a 1970s Mesa lot on old flood irrigation, a Gilbert build from 2005 and a San Tan Valley lot on raw desert are three different jobs.
Tell us what the yard needs — pavers, turf, concrete, a sprinkler zone that stopped, a palm nobody has touched in years — and send photos on WhatsApp if it is easier. We work in English and Spanish.
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