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Southern Water has completed a massive £300 million environmental improvement scheme to clean up Sussex’s seas and meet European wastewater treatment standards. The project included the construction of a new treatment works in Peacehaven, which will serve a population of over 250,000 generating up to 95 million litres of wastewater per day.

At Spearhead Turf we're always interested in finding new and original uses for our premium lawn turf so when we were asked to donate some turf to help a local charity with it's FIREWALKING event how could we refuse!

Most people will buy turf to create a lawn to be enjoyed by family and friends during the (all to brief) British summer, however throughout history there have been many examples of turf being used in slightly more imaginative ways, say to build a house!

History

As with most things the web is full of information about the history and benefits of using turf in housing; from the Icelandic houses of the Viking Age using turf through necessity due to it’s superior insulation properties and the unsuitability of birch wood to make complex structures. This practice (along with pillaging) quickly spread to the other Scandinavian countries and even as far as Canada.

Modern Houses

Fast forward to 1960’s Germany when the modern trend for ‘green roofs’ started as a method of; reducing heating costs, reduce cooling loads on a building by fifty to ninety percent (a concentration of green roofs in city’s can reduce the average temperatures during the summer), reduce stormwater run off, create new natural habitats and filter pollutants out of the air and rainfall helping to lower disease rates.

The second offer celebrating the launch of our new website is now live. The next offer available from our online shop is a free bag of SpearGROW Pre-Turfing Fertiliser with every purchase of SpearLAWN over 25m².

This offer is the perfect for anyone looking to lay a new lawn, because not only will you be receiving our premium turf grade but the fertiliser included for FREE is specially formulated to aid root development ensuring your lawn has the best possible start in life.

As before to qualify for this offer all you have to do is head over to the Spearhead Turf Facebook page and click the 'like' button. You'll then be able to view the code on our special offers page.