Monthly Archives: October 2010

Synthetic Turf Around Pools

Synthetic Turf Around Pools

TRU Landscape Services  installed a project in Newport Beach. Newport Beach is located in Orange County, California. Newport Beach is surrounded by the cities of Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach and Huntington Beach. This project was a remodel of the entire yard, but for now we are going to talk about the synthetic turf we installed. We have installed Synthetic Turf around many pool areas in Orange County.  Artificial Grass is excellent around pools because it lets the water drain through the turf. The customer will no longer have grass clippings in their the pool because their gardeners will not have grass to trim. Also, there is no need for the gardener to blow around the pool. They will be saving water and money for a long time with Synthetic Turf. Our Synthetic Turf  has a 8 year manufacture warranty. The Turf industry is expecting to get twenty to thirty years of use out of the Synthetic Turf. In many applications Artificial Turf  is less expensive then concrete or pavers installed around a pool area.  Also, Synthetic Turf  looks more appealing around the pool.

Waterless Grass Saves Water

You will save water because there is no need to water your Artificial Grass. By eliminating  just a few sprinkler heads, you will be saving thousands of gallons of water in just one year. Plus no need to repair  broken sprinklers. Most water utilities in Orange County are raising their water costs or putting  in water tier systems. Either way Synthetic Turf will save you thousands of dollars on your water bill.  Kids and pets can play in the Fake Grass and never get debris in the water again. Our customer in Orange County, had two dogs that would play all day in the pool. This was causing the existing grass to get too wet and die. This was creating a mud area around the side of the pool. The dogs were jumping in and out of the pool tracking the mud into the pool. By installing Synthetic Turf  around the pool, we eliminated this mess. These customers live so close to the beach, that their  kids were tracking  sand into the pool. The blades of  Synthetic Turf are correcting this problem now. TRU Landscape Services has the strongest installation techniques in Orange County. Our customer called us back to let us know how much they enjoy their new Artificial  Turf. They were really happy that they could lock their back yard gates now. When they leave to their primary residence. Before  they had Synthetic Turf  installed, they had to leave the gate open for the gardeners. This caused a safety issue when the gardeners would  leave the gate open, the pool was exposed to the children in the neighborhood. Not to mention everyone knew they were out of town.

Landscape Orange County

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services through out Orange County, California for the last 20 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features including pondless waterfalls, koi fish ponds, garden ponds, we also offer lightscaping, Synthetic Turf, putting greens, plus many other services.
Please call TRU Landscape Services toll free at : 866-487-1359

Malibu Lights Orange County

Malibu Lighting Orange County

TRU Landscape Services was asked to work on some Malibu lights. We try are hardest not to get involved with these lights. But we do want to provide our customers with the highest customer satisfaction as possible.  We had a customer in Yorba Linda ask us to repair his Malibu lights in his front yard. Yorba Linda is in Orange County, California. Yorba Linda is surrounded by the cities of  Anaheim Hills and Brea. As we were talking to the customer and explaining why these lights are not worth repairing. I shook one of the lights that was not working, that’s all it took for the light to turn back on for a brief time. Malibu lights are made in China. Do we need to say anything more. The landscape lighting we use is made in the USA. Our manufacture is in Southern California and has been for over 25 years. We have a standard 8 year warranty on our lights. Most of our transformers have a life time warranty. Malibu lights have a very poor connection. These connections go bad very fast. Their connections are not weather proof, which allows moisture to get into the connection causing the lights to turn off.  Our outdoor lights use a weather tight connection. These connections keep all of the moisture out the lights. We have found this method  to be the best connection in the landscape lighting business. Malibu lights will save you money for a brief time, after that short time you’ll be spending your weekends repairing them. Malibu is only a company that makes outdoor lights. Many people mistakenly refer to Landscape Lighting or Low Voltage lighting as Malibu lights. This gives the whole landscape lighting industry a black eye!  Low voltage lighting gives your property value and provides security at night. Landscape lighting is another element of a beautiful landscape. Now you can enjoy your landscape at night.

Orange County Landscape Lighting

TRU Landscape has install hundreds of Low voltage lighting systems in Orange County. Our lights have the highest warranty in the industry. With our manufacture not very far away from Orange County, we can get  lights made within days. Our lights are made with the highest quality of materials. Landscape lighting is now in the LED age. LED lights can save you money and energy for many years. The average LED landscape light can last up to 17 years of normal residential use. The Bulbs have a 10 year warranty on them. LED lights use about 80% less electricity then a halogen lamp. This makes them a Eco – Green product. The landscape lighting installation process has changed for the better. You can install more LED light’s on one run of wires. Compared to the old halogen bulbs, that required many wires to be installed. This saves our customers money. Contact us for a free night demo! TRU Landscape Services is centrally located in Orange County. Providing all of your Outdoor lighting needs. We have been installing landscape lights for over 15 years in Orange County. We take customer service to a new level!

Orange County LED Lighting

Orange County Landscape Lighting

TRU Landscape went out on a estimate today for landscape lighting. This estimate was in the city of Irvine. Irvine is located in Orange County, California. The customer wanted to get a estimate on the new LED lights. Like most people they had allot of questions about our company and the lights that we are selling. We explained that the lighting company that supplies our lights has been working with us for over 15 years. In Orange County there is hundreds of landscape lighting companies, so why use one company? It’s a simple answer, They have great service!

Orange County Lighting

One of the questions our customer had was, How efficient are LED lights? The simple answer is that the typical LED fixture will produce the equivalent light output using about 80% less energy. A great comparison is a 20-watt MR-16 lamp which is the most common bulb used in landscape lighting in Orange County. Compared to 3-emitter LED with high-performance optics, using about 4.5 watts, These two provide light output that is virtually equivalent in lumen output, color temperature and beam control. By installing LED lights we can use a smaller transformer. Which saves money. We can install more lights on one run, which saves money on wire.

Orange County Landscape Lighting

Another question our customer had was, How much energy would a typical Orange County residential customer save in one year with an all LED installation versus an equivalent one with halogen lamps? Considering an installation using 900 watts of halogen lamps, operated nightly for 10 hours, the annual energy cost at the local rate of $0.145 per kwh is approximately $476.00 The same system with the equivalent number of LED fixtures with equivalent lumen output would cost $95.00 annually to operate. Another factor to consider is that your typical halogen system would require re-lamping after one year. Your LED system has a average life of 50,000 hours or 17 years of use in the typical application.

Orange County Dog Runs

Synthetic Turf for Dog Runs

TRU Landscape was called out to Huntington Beach for a estimate for a Waterless Grass dog run. The City of Huntington Beach is located in Orange County, California. Huntington Beach has surrounding Cities of Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, and Fountain Valley. TRU Landscape has installed many dog runs in Artificial Grass. Fake Grass gives the dog a great area to play and do their business. The Dogs owners can clean the Synthetic Turf with water and a cleaner.

Orange County Drought

With  many cities putting water restrictions in Orange County, Now is a great time to install Synthetic Turf. Waterless Grass is affordable compared to all the grass you have to replace every time your dog creates a brown spot, or digs a hole in it. Our install techniques provide our customers the strongest turf  installations in Orange County. We have been a sponsor to the orange county police canine association for several years. The dogs that the police k-9  units use have a high drive to them, so needless to say our Turf and install techniques have been put to the test and proven worthy. The turf we use has been proven to led free. Our Turf is made in the USA. TRU Landscape has been working in Orange County for 20 plus years.

Synthetic Turf Orange County

We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features including pondless waterfalls, koi fish ponds, garden ponds, we also offer lightscaping, Synthetic Turf, putting greens, plus many other services.
Please call Tru Landscape toll free at : 866-487-1359