2 inch Thick Geo Grid Ground Grid

I love this product. I was going to install a permeable paver parking pad for my camper van before I realized how expensive and labor intensive it was going to be. Other products designed specifically for this purpose were unaffordable. But this geogrid did everything I needed it to and saved me more money than it cost to buy two sheets! I excavated 6” and tamped down a shallow layer of #57 angular limestone with no dust, then stretched the geogrid and anchored with 12” rebar stakes (which was overkill). To join two sheets of the product, I trimmed one sheet’s terminal sections so that I could overlap them precisely onto the other sheet’s ends, and then zip tied them. It worked like a charm. The grid was easy to cut with tin snips, and wasn’t as hard to stretch out as people claim. A partner definitely helps, but it isn’t impossible to do on your own. We did the grid and gravel moving in one day. The parking pad looks amazing and is everything I hoped it would be! I’m so grateful for this product. However, the frustration it took to get accurate and consistent information from Smartartpark for planning my project unfortunately dropped my review one star. Nowhere on the website are there detailed installation instructions. It’s basically “get a beer, stretch it out, fill with gravel, yay!” You’re never told exactly what kind of gravel you need—should it have fines or not? Should it be limestone only or will crushed concrete work? How many stakes do you need? Where exactly do you need to anchor the stakes? etc. You see the seller answers questions here, which is nice, but the answers are wildly inconsistent: “Any gravel will work!” and then “You need 3/4” or larger gravel!” “You can use any thickness of our product for a parking pad!” while on one tiny part of the website you finally see that the 2” grid isn’t suitable for parking. “You don’t need to have a base layer of gravel for parking!” and then “A 2” or so gravel base is a great idea!” No consistency or clarity on the number of stakes you need, what kind, why you would choose one kind over the other, etc. The one place I did see an estimate for stakes answered by the seller, it wasn’t nearly enough in the end, but it was also completely unnecessary to use expensive rebar J-hooks as was suggested. Get your answers straight, Smartartpark! For careful planners who are trying to get all their ducks in a row, you have the power to make planning, buying, and installing your amazing product completely hassle-free! I was so irritated by the unprofessionalism and lack of attention to detail in the seller responses/product documentation that I almost didn’t buy this product. I’m really glad it didn’t hold me back in the end. What I do hope is that this review encourages the seller to do some quality control on their question responses, website copy, and product documentation, and present clear and consistent information across all of it.

Very pleased with this product. It is sturdy, easy to cut and easy to zip tie where you need to piece it. We have a 70’ walkway that was originally stones the original owners sourced from the property. They were different heights, shapes, and sizes. (See photo) Unsafe. Lived with them for almost a year and decided I had to make a change. We priced pavers and they were $6500-$8500. Nope nope nope. Decided on gravel as our driveway is also gravel, it would maintain a rustic feel to go with our log home, and very affordable (in total around $600.) We first dug up the menacing rocks and used them to create a short wall on either side of the walkway. Leveled out the red clay to a 4 inch depth. The walkway is 6’ wide for a 12’ expanse in front of the porch steps, then makes a turn and is 3’ wide the rest of the way. We chose to not put in a 2” layer of gravel but instead go with the 4” webbing without a gravel base. May be overkill for a walkway but we never want to have to rip it all out and start again. Laid out the webbing in the 6’x12’ section first and filled. Then did a 17’ x 3’ section, filled. Finally the remaining walkway was laid out and filled. As we did a section we reused the stakes we bought (55 count) except for those we wanted to keep for extra stability such as at end of runs and around corners. We used 6 cubic yards of #57 gravel. Although the river walk would have been pretty we were told it wouldn’t pack down and be as stable over the long run. We had enough webbing left over (various shapes) to create a 3’ x 15’ walkway on the side of the house in front of our crawl space. It required time consuming cutting and piecing with zip ties and there were several pretty large cells but it works. We had an extra 3 cubic yards of gravel delivered for that, for around our Generac and to replenish the driveway.

Dec 2019 update - Came here to buy more and I happened to read my own review from 2017, lol and thought I will post an update. Read the original review that is below this update. The area I fixed using this grid is still solid, even more solid than when I installed. Not one bit of top soil eroded. All the plants took off great and recruited additional sediments during flood events. I have since then planted dogwoods (just inserted cuttings, so I don't have to cut through the grids. I also planted a red maple (had to cut out a few cells to fit the 2 gallon root ball). Everything took off and the entire area looks great, I have not done anything to maintain other then pull out pesky grape ivy weed every once on in a while. Original early 2017 review: I live on a river front property. The peninsula in my backyard where 2 rivers meet was eroded badly and the county did nothing to resolve this even though it was covered under an easement. So instead of watching my property get washed away, I tamped the area (the slope was literally shaking when I was tamping and I know it would have slided sooner than later), installed a geogrid (triax, earthlock brand) and then this product (which should be called geocell or geoweb to avoid confusing it with traditional geogrid) in conjunction. The triaxial geogrid somewhat acts like a compacted base (similar to like turf reinforcement grids). I filled the cells with the falling/eroded clay hanging off the cliff, sand, stone, silt, compost what ever I could find around. I topped it off with some fertile loamy silt from a recent flooding that was dumped around. I planted grasses (mondo, liriope, sedge whatever else I could find around the area), ground cover plants etc and mulched. There was a record rain fall event week after I installed and not one bit of soil washed off. (I had pinned the plants knowing I will lose them if it floods before the roots establish). Product is easy to use, I just wished it was a little cheaper as I need lot to cover the entire embankment.

Returned. Found no name replica of same product for half the price. Pleased with my other product that arrived on time.

The product was exactly what I expected. Unfortunately, I had to return the product because my path was not dug deep enough to hold the geo cell. I highly recommend this seller.

Facile à utiliser et très efficace pour soutenir et retenir les roches ensembles

I was delighted with the quality! I asked my patio stone supplier what they thought about it and they highly approved. It keeps the gravel in place and makes it easy to stay level. Once the stones are down I will use a crushed stone to fill between and the grid prevents it from losing fill during rain etc. It should reduse maintenance and creates a solid surface. You can also cut it to size. Best to purchase additionally clips to help spread it out while you fill. NOTE, lay out before the gravel arrives!

I was going to lay a foundation for my garden shed (15' x 8') and rather go down the traditional route of of pouring 4 inch base of poured concrete, after some research I decided to use and lay this new Geo Ground Grid layer as my base. After laying the grid and securing with the J hooks (sold separately) I poured in about 1 Ton of gravel into the pockets. After tamping that down the base was extremely solid and secure and wasn't going anywhere. I topped this base with 2 inch thick concrete slabs that provided an very level and solid base for my new shed. Using this product and approach drastically cuts down on the expense and mess of a poured concrete base and is relatively easy project for the serious home DIYer.