Hard porous surface maintenance and management

Hard Porous Pitch Maintenance: 01. Introduction advert image shown if present
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A popular artificial sports surface, especially during the 1950s and to early 1980s, until synthetic surfaces arrived on the scene.

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Hard Porous Pitch Maintenance: 02. The Pitch advert image shown if present
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A prepared surface for play should be even, with minimal loose material present on the surface and without any ponding of water present.

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Hard Porous Pitch Maintenance: 03. Construction advert image shown if present
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The surface would typically have been either a crowned pitch, which was about 350mm higher in the centre, or one with a slope of about 1:90 to 1:100 across its entire width.

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Hard Porous Pitch Maintenance: 04. Usage Management advert image shown if present
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Traffic and surface access management, for both users and machinery, was required to spread wear over the entire surface, especially where smaller pitches were located within the area.

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Hard Porous Pitch Maintenance: 05. Routine Maintenance advert image shown if present
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The maintenance activities needed to ensure that an even, water-bound, non-disintegrating, surface was consistently produced required a regular level of input.

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Hard Porous Pitch Maintenance: 06. Brushing / Drag-matting advert image shown if present
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The most common task was to drag brush and/or drag-mat the entire area to help to redistribute loose material.

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Hard Porous Pitch Maintenance: 07. Selective Top-dressing advert image shown if present
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Minor additions of top-dressing, which might be a depth of less than 5mm, would have been added to the surface and luted in.

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Hard Porous Pitch Maintenance: 08. Rolling advert image shown if present
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Rolling would mainly have taken place for four main reasons.

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Hard Porous Pitch Maintenance: 09. Luting advert image shown if present
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Luting the entire surface might have been carried out on a weekly to twice a week basis, whilst hand tool remedial work would typically have been carried out daily.

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Hard Porous Pitch Maintenance: 10. weeds / Moss advert image shown if present
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A well maintained and used surface should not need the application of a weedkiller because weeds will not be able to get established.

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