Clopf and wind

[Booboos]

Has anyone added Clopf to their sand arena in a windy area? Did you experience any problems?

The manufacturers advise that as long as the Clopf is in the sand and the whole thing is wet it should be fine, but I was hoping for some personal experiences. It can get incredibly windy here so I don't want it all to blow away the first week it's down!

 

[mrussell]

by Clopf, do you mean the shredded carpet fibre as opposed to the turfloat "strips" ?

I had a surface that had carpet fibres in it and yes they did blow away over the summer (once the sand dried out from use) but if you have a nice farmer with a power harrow who can go over it once or twice a year, its should redistribute the fibres through the surface for you and keep them locked in.

 

[irish_only]

We added Clopf to our surface about 2 years ago. Rotovated it in as per advice from company, and am very pleased with it. No problems with it blowing away at all.

 

[Booboos]

It's fibre but whether they come from carpets or not I don't really know. This is the data sheet but it's thin on technical information!!!

http://www.mceltd.com/files/documents/datasheet_clopf.pdf

 

[irish_only]

Yes, that's the stuff. The rep will give you all the advice yu need.

 

[Booboos]

Thanks. She said that if it's wet it's fine, but me being a suspicious so and so I wanted to check with customers and their experience before paying out all that money!