Tycho Solutions designs and builds artificial turf installation in Gilbert, AZ. Graded, based and drained properly, built to last in the sun.
Most Gilbert backyards started as builder grade: a thin strip of sod, a plain concrete slab, and a block wall, installed fast to close escrow on a flat, sun heavy lot. Grass burns out quickly under Valley summers, and the exposed soil around it compacts and cracks as the clay beneath it expands and contracts with every irrigation cycle.
By the time a Gilbert yard is five or six years old, the slab has usually started to heave at the joints and the grass is more dirt than lawn. That is a full rebuild, not a small fix: regrade the lot, run drainage away from the foundation, then install turf or pavers over a properly compacted base built for that specific yard.
We regrade, drain, and rebuild each Gilbert yard as one system, sized to the lot and the heat it has to survive.
From artificial turf and paver patios to full backyard remodels, Tycho Solutions builds new outdoor living spaces suited to Gilbert’s flat desert lots and growing neighborhoods.
Gilbert’s summer heat and constant sun are hard on natural grass, which is why so many yards here switch to turf. We install USA-made, UV-stabilized synthetic turf over a graded, compacted base with a weed barrier underneath and seams placed away from high-traffic paths. The result stays green and cool underfoot through July without the water bill, mowing, or dead patches a Gilbert lawn usually fights every summer.
An outdoor kitchen only works in Gilbert if it is built for the heat it sits in: shaded by a pergola or patio cover, wired and plumbed for a grill, sink, and small refrigerator, with counter material that will not warp or fade under direct summer sun. We rough in the gas and utility lines during the same phase as the patio pour, so the kitchen reads as part of the yard, not an add-on bolted on later.
As a backyard landscaping contractor working across Gilbert’s flat, sun heavy lots, we plan turf, pavers, shade, and drainage together instead of quoting each one separately. Grading comes first so runoff moves away from the foundation and the block wall, then turf and hardscape go in over a base built to carry Valley heat without shifting. One plan, one crew, one warranty, coordinated with your HOA’s design guidelines from the start.
We set travertine, concrete, or porcelain pavers over a compacted, engineered base sized to Gilbert’s clay-heavy soil, with edge restraints and joint sand that hold up under monsoon runoff and summer heat swings. Travertine stays noticeably cooler underfoot than poured concrete, which matters on a patio that gets full sun most of the day. Every patio is set to drain away from the house, not toward it.
Gilbert builders and homeowners bring us in because we treat a backyard as one connected system rather than a stack of separate purchases: turf, pavers, shade, and drainage all sized to the same lot, installed by the same crew, and backed by one warranty.
Every Gilbert install carries a 15-year manufacturer warranty on turf materials plus a 2-year workmanship warranty on the labor itself.
One crew handles grading, drainage, turf, pavers, and shade on your Gilbert property, so nothing gets scheduled or built out of sequence.
USA-made, UV-stabilized turf and travertine, concrete, or porcelain pavers built to hold color and shape under Gilbert’s summer sun.
Tycho is licensed, bonded, and insured under Arizona ROC #364735 for every backyard project we build in Gilbert.
Gilbert built out fast from the 1990s through the 2020s, and most of that growth landed on flat, wide desert lots with larger backyards than the older, tighter subdivisions closer to central Phoenix. That extra square footage is an asset for us: it gives a yard room for a full turf and paver layout, a pergola or shade structure, and often an outdoor kitchen, instead of squeezing everything against one wall.
The part that actually gives out first is almost never the turf or the pavers themselves, it is what sits underneath them. Builder-grade backyards get a thin base layer and minimal grading, so water pools instead of draining toward the street, the soil beneath a slab expands and contracts with the clay content common across Gilbert, and joints crack or lift within a few summers. We rebuild that base properly before anything decorative goes back on top.
Gilbert carries some of the more detailed HOA design standards in the Valley: rules on turf visibility from the street, fence and wall height, and approved hardscape materials and colors are common across the newer communities here. We build to those design packets directly, matching paver tone and turf pile height to what a given HOA architectural committee will actually approve, so the project does not stall at review.
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It depends on how much of the yard is turf versus pavers, whether shade structures or an outdoor kitchen are part of the plan, and how much regrading the lot needs before anything goes in. Artificial turf installation in Gilbert generally costs less per square foot than a full paver rebuild, but most projects blend the two. We walk the lot and price the actual scope rather than quoting a flat number over the phone.
We treat it as one continuous surface rather than a series of separate spots. Matching old turf color and pile height, or an old paver tone, to work installed years earlier rarely looks seamless, and new material set next to old base tends to settle differently. For a Gilbert yard where the rest of the paver patio installation in Gilbert is already worn, we usually price the full run: same base, same material lot, same warranty, start to finish.
Both. A pergola builder in Gilbert has to plan for open beam structures that filter light and full patio covers with a flat or low-slope roof deck that blocks sun and rain outright. The roof style changes the framing, the drainage slope, and how the structure ties into the house, so we design the roof and the footings together rather than bolting a cover onto whatever footprint the patio already has.
Yes. We work as an outdoor kitchen builder in Gilbert for developer model homes, HOA common areas, and small commercial patios, in addition to residential backyards. The scope and permitting process shift for commercial work: more site plan review, ADA path of travel requirements on patios, and coordination with a property manager or builder rather than one homeowner, but the build sequence, grading first, then turf or pavers, then shade, stays the same.
Most structural work needs a Town of Gilbert permit: patio covers and pergolas attached to the house, retaining walls over a certain height, and any electrical or gas line run for an outdoor kitchen. Turf and paver installation on grade usually does not. Tycho is a licensed backyard landscaping contractor in Gilbert, ROC #364735, bonded and insured, and we pull and manage the permits ourselves rather than leaving that step to the homeowner.
Not really. A backyard putting green needs shaped contours, a compacted sub base that will not shift or settle unevenly, and cup placement set before the synthetic surface goes down, not after. Putting green installation in Gilbert works on almost any lot size because it does not need real turf grass or irrigation, just a properly built base underneath it. It is a different skill set than a general hardscape contractor in Gilbert running pavers or a patio slab.
