{"id":4032,"date":"2026-10-15T15:17:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/lexikon\/pile-height\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:59:38","slug":"pile-height","status":"publish","type":"lexikon","link":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/pile-height\/","title":{"rendered":"Pile height"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>pile height<\/strong> (also called pile length) measures the length of the artificial grass blades from the <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/backing-backing-fabric\/\">backing<\/a> to the tip of the blade. It is specified in millimetres and, for garden turf, is usually between around 20 and 45 mm. <\/p>\n<h2>Which pile height is right?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Short (up to approx. 25 mm):<\/strong> low-maintenance, ideal for balconies, patios and heavily used paths.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medium (approx. 25\u201335 mm):<\/strong> the all-rounder for gardens with children and pets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Long (from approx. 35 mm):<\/strong> a particularly lush, soft look for representative areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Longer blades require a high <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/stitch-density\/\">stitch density<\/a> and good <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/resilience\/\">resilience<\/a> so that they do not lie flat. You can find the pile height of all products in the <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/ratgeber\/wpa-stats\/produkte\/#vergleich\">comparison<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pile height indicates how high the blades of an artificial lawn stand above the backing fabric. It is specified in millimetres. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4032","lexikon","type-lexikon","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon\/4032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lexikon"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon\/4032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}