Artificial Grass Cleaning in Exeter

The Moore & Franks approach in Exeter

Artificial grass has taken off across Exeter's newer estates — the compact gardens at Cranbrook, Newcourt and Monkerton are exactly the kind of low-maintenance plots it suits, and there's a lot of it in rental gardens around St James and Pennsylvania too. The catch is Exeter's damp, sheltered Exe-valley air: moss and algae creep into the pile on shaded, north-facing plots, and leaf fall off the city's mature roads works down and blocks the drainage backing. We clear the growth and debris, power-brush the pile back up, sort lifted edges, and deodorise pet areas at source. Local team from Topsham, free quote.

In the older inner suburbs — the walled terrace gardens off St Leonard's, the boxed-in back plots around Heavitree and Pinhoe — an artificial lawn often sits fenced in on every side with barely an hour of direct sun. Those are the plots that green up first, because the pile tips stay wet and the shaded north edge never dries between showers. We work the growth out of the fibres and off the perimeter so the surface can breathe again rather than holding a permanent damp film.

A good share of Exeter's lawns went down with a kiln-dried sand infill brushed between the fibres to weight the backing and hold the pile upright. A few winters of foot traffic and Exe-valley rain settle and wash that infill down, so the grass lies flat and the drainage holes silt over. Part of what we do is work that settled infill loose and spread it evenly again as we cross-brush, which is what actually stands a tired lawn back up instead of just cleaning the top of it.

The best window for a full reset here is early spring, once the worst of the sheltered valley damp has passed but before the summer builds any pet-area odour. Landlords with student and short-let gardens around Duryard and the Quay generally want the lawn sharp for each changeover, and a yearly clean timed to that cycle is the easy way to get there. Between visits, a quick sweep of leaves off the surface stops debris working down into the backing and buys the drainage a lot of time.

Our Exeter customers are right on our doorstep. We cover the wider EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4, EX5 postcode area and the surrounding villages (St Leonard's, Heavitree, Pinhoe, Topsham, Pennsylvania, Exeter Quay).