Artificial Grass, Playground Rubber and Epoxy Floors in Irvine

The Census Bureau's 2024 five year estimates count about 311,690 people in roughly 112,091 households. Owners occupy 44.5 percent of those households, and the median home was built in 2002. That makes Irvine the newest of the cities in our largest group, by a wide margin. The next newest is about fifteen years older.

Newer housing changes the work. Slabs are in good shape, so we see fewer repairs and more projects aimed at upgrading or customizing, such as garage floor coatings, patio resurfacing, turf for backyards and play areas. Associations dominate. Many villages have a shared lawn, a pool area, a play lot and entry landscaping, all maintained by one board. When a board decides to replace a worn play surface or a lawn it no longer wants to irrigate, it is usually making that decision for hundreds of households at once.

Most Irvine projects start with a board or a management company rather than a single owner. The usual path has four steps. First, an inspection and a written scope, with photos and measurements. Second, a comparison of bids that cover the same work, including surface thickness or base depth, edge details and schedule. Third, board approval, which may need a vote at a posted meeting and may need an architectural review. Fourth, scheduling around residents, school pickups and community events. We prepare drawings, product information and a summary for the board packet, so approvals move without extra rounds. Keeping a file of past installations helps the next board too. If your community has a design review committee, we are glad to attend a meeting to answer questions in person.

OpenStreetMap volunteers list about 360 parks and about 280 playgrounds in Irvine, far more than in other cities of similar size, along with 61 schools and only 27 places of worship. Those counts are approximate, but they show a city built around parks and play.

That inventory is a maintenance calendar. A play surface installed in a new village at the same time as dozens of others will reach the end of its service life at roughly the same time. Boards that track installation dates can plan replacements across several years instead of facing a pile of failures at once. We help by documenting what was installed, where, and how it has aged.

Child care. Title 22, section 101238.2 requires licensed centers to cushion the area under and around climbing equipment, swings and slides.

Schools and public agencies. Publicly funded work follows prevailing wage rules. Send your bid documents and we will tell you what documentation we can provide.

NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals give Irvine an average July high near 79 degrees, about 13 days a year at or above 90 degrees and roughly 11 inches of rain. The city sits about 7 miles from the coast in the near coastal band.

That is a comfortable profile for turf, rubber and coatings. Heat is a modest factor and drainage still matters, so we build a compacted, well drained base under any turf or rubber installation. Irvine's grading and landscape plans were designed with drainage in mind, so we study the existing grades before we change anything. Because Irvine's housing is newer than most of the region's, we also check how landscape drainage and irrigation lines run before cutting into a slab or lawn, which protects the new surface and the work that came before it.

The Metropolitan Water District's SoCalWaterSmart turf replacement program states that no synthetic turf is allowed. Ask your water provider about local programs, and treat rebates and artificial grass as separate decisions. A rebate project converts living lawn to plants. Artificial grass is a choice for play areas, pet runs and spaces where plants do not thrive.

For association boards, three rules matter. Civil Code section 5550 requires a reserve study at least every three years. Civil Code section 4735 limits how far governing documents can go in banning artificial turf, though reasonable design standards still apply. And AB 1572 ends potable irrigation of nonfunctional turf in HOA common areas on January 1, 2029. Boards should list each lawn area, decide which are functional, and compare plants, recycled water and artificial grass for the rest.

Artificial grass for backyards, common areas, pet runs and play areas.

Poured in place rubber for tot lots, school and church playgrounds and trails.

Epoxy and polished concrete for garages, patios, shops and commercial floors.

We are licensed, bonded and insured and have completed projects in all seven Southern California counties and many cities in each. See our cost guides and the Orange County page.

From Irvine we also reach Tustin (2.9 miles), North Tustin (4.2 miles), Santa Ana (4.9 miles), Costa Mesa (6.0 miles), Newport Beach (7.3 miles), Orange (7.3 miles).

• Photos of the surface and the equipment or lawn.
• The date of the original installation if you know it.
• The approximate size of the area.
• Your association's approval steps and meeting schedule.
• For play areas, the equipment list and tallest platform height.

Use the free estimate form and we respond within 24 hours.