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Thomas Dai

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What do you reckon this layer within a green is?
« on: April 28, 2017, 04:31:20 AM »
This layer of 'black stuff' was laid down when Hawtree & Co designed/built some greens on a parkland, clay based course in the 1970's.
What do you reckon the black layer is likely to be?
Was it common to use such a material during that period?
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Adrian_Stiff

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Re: What do you reckon this layer within a green is?
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2017, 04:42:40 AM »
Charcoal I reckon.
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Jon Wiggett

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Re: What do you reckon this layer within a green is?
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2017, 06:36:40 AM »

Charcoal or furnace which was used quite widely in the first half of the 1900's as a sub-base for green construction. I believe the reasoning was it drained well whilst still providing a firm base to work/build up on.


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Thomas Dai

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Re: What do you reckon this layer within a green is?
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2017, 02:35:10 PM »
Thank you Adrian and Jon.
Atb
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Jason Topp

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Re: What do you reckon this layer within a green is?
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2017, 06:47:07 AM »
We had 3 greens built with a methodology around that time that  I believe was called 1:1:1.  The effect. at least after 45years, was that there was essentially a layer of brick a few inches below the surface that trapped water rather than allow it to drain.  We put in XGD systems in those greens and it really helped.
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