Free quotes · Ralls, TX
Artificial turf installation is a straight shot to Ralls, TX: the town sits 27 miles east of Lubbock at the junction of U.S. Highways 62 and 82 and State Highway 207, with the Caprock Escarpment just to the south. Ralls calls itself The Jackrabbit Capital of the World, the school mascot is the Fighting Jackrabbits, and the 1,665 people counted here in 2020 live in the heart of one of the largest cotton producing regions in the world. Lubbock Artificial Turf covers Ralls the same way it covers Lubbock, with turf priced by the square foot off the measured yard. Quotes are free and there is no obligation.
The town has been here since 1911, when John Robinson Ralls laid out the townsite and moved businesses over from nearby Emma, and it incorporated in 1922. A century on, the John R. Ralls Bank Building holds a 16 room historical museum, and the town counted 736 housing units at the 2020 census. Plenty of those yards have been fighting the same tired grass for years. That is usually where a turf conversation begins.
The complete conversion: cut out the old sod and roots, haul it off, build a compacted crushed base graded to drain, and lay a landscape-grade turf whose pile height fits the way the family actually uses the yard. Front yards, back yards, and the strips along the drive all get the same base build.
Ralls yards that already have synthetic grass, whoever installed it, can usually be brought back rather than replaced. Lifted seams get re-glued, loose edges get re-fastened, flattened fiber gets power broomed upright, and low infill gets topped up to spec.
Dog runs and kids' corners built on the same free-draining base as the lawn, with a fully perforated backing and an infill chosen so the area rinses clean with a garden hose. Both zones phase cleanly onto an existing lawn install later if you start small.
The crew makes the run east on 62/82 with everything on the trailer: turf rolls, base material, plate compactor, and the small stuff. The first phase is demolition, cutting out the live grass, the roots, and a few inches of soil so the finished yard sits at the right height against sidewalks and door thresholds. On an older Ralls lot the demo is often the biggest single share of the work, which is exactly why it gets done first, while the day is cool. Everything rides on that trailer for a reason: a forgotten seam roll at mile 27 costs an hour, so the load-out list is part of the plan.
Next comes the base: several inches of crushed rock spread, screeded to grade, and compacted in lifts so nothing settles later. Grading matters everywhere but especially at 3,107 feet on open farmland, water needs a planned path away from the slab, and wind needs edges it cannot get under. Every perimeter is fastened to a nailer board or bender board with galvanized spikes.
The turf itself goes down last: rolls laid out, seams joined, edges trimmed tight to beds and walks, then infill broomed down into the fibers to ballast the whole surface and stand the blades up. The job ends with a walkthrough of the finished yard against the scope that was quoted.
Cost guides such as Angi and HomeGuide put installed artificial turf at about $5 to $20 per square foot nationally, with most residential lawns in the $8 to $14 band, which brings a typical 500-square-foot yard in around $4,000 to $9,000. Pet areas run roughly $10 to $18 for the upgraded backing and infill. A Ralls quote comes off the measured square footage of the yard, and the national ranges are simply the scale to weigh it on.
On an older Ralls lot the demo pass usually leads the budget, cutting out established sod and roots is real work, and the cotton-country wind adds a fastening schedule that is part of every scope here rather than an upgrade. The 27-mile run east on 62/82 is an easy one, but bundling, lawn plus pet area, front plus back, still buys the best per-foot rate. Base depth, fastening schedule, and infill rate are the lines worth having named on any bid before a single roll of turf is ordered.
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(806) 630-0409No. Ralls sits 27 miles east of Lubbock right on the 62/82 corridor, which makes it one of the easier out-of-town runs on the map. Quotes are free and there is no obligation, same as anywhere else. Jackrabbit country is flat, open, and easy to work, which keeps grading light and lets the budget concentrate on base depth and fiber quality.
Usually, yes. Most aging turf fails at the seams, the edges, or the infill level, and all three are repairable. If the backing itself has broken down, replacement is the straight answer, and it is fair to ask for a price on either path. Photos of the failed spots are useful to have ready when you call.
Dust settles into the infill layer and mostly stays there, and the next rain or a quick hose rinse moves it down through the perforated backing. A full infill drop also keeps the turf ballasted against the wind that carries the dust in the first place.
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