Can You Get Artificial Turf Cut to Any Size in Australia?

The short answer

Not to any size, no. Artificial turf is sold off a roll of fixed width, in set lengths. You choose the length. The width comes as the product was made, and nothing gets shaped to your yard's outline before it ships.

In practice that means picking a length from the list on the product page, commonly 5m, 10m, 15m or a full 20m roll depending on which product you're looking at, always at the standard 3.71m roll width. A length shorter than a full roll carries a cutting fee, shown at checkout before you pay. The shaping around garden beds, paving edges and downpipes happens on site with a sharp knife, done by you or your landscaper.

That's a much simpler ordering job than it first sounds. Work out your yard's dimensions, then work out the shortest available length that covers them.

Why the roll width never moves off 3.71m

Synthetic grass is tufted on industrial looms, and the loom sets the width. Australian suppliers overwhelmingly quote 3.71m as the standard roll width, and that's the width our products ship at. Some ranges are made narrower (2m is the other width you'll commonly come across), and some imported products are made on a genuinely different width such as 4m, so check the spec on any product you're comparing rather than assuming. Either way, the width is a property of the product as it was manufactured, not something you choose at checkout.

The backing is bonded across the full width in one pass, so the roll leaves the factory as a finished 3.71m sheet. A supplier could slice one down its length, and then they're holding a leftover strip whose width matches nobody else's yard. Somebody has to pay for that strip, and it would be you. The trade avoids the problem by selling full width and cutting across the roll instead.

What "cut to length" means in practice

Cutting across the roll gives you a rectangle 3.71m wide by whatever length you ordered. Multiply the length by 3.71 and you have the area you're paying for.

Length ordered	Piece you receive	Area you pay for
5m	3.71m × 5m	18.6m²
10m	3.71m × 10m	37.1m²
15m	3.71m × 15m	55.7m²
20m (full roll)	3.71m × 20m	74.2m²

The list of available lengths varies by product, so check the length picker on the page for the tier you're considering, whether that's Turf Starter 20mm, Turf Classic 30mm or Turf Pro 40mm. Each page prices your chosen length and quantity instantly, which beats doing per-metre sums in your head and then discovering the fee at the end.

You can't order "28 square metres", and you can't order a 2.4m wide piece to suit a narrow side yard. Shaping the turf to the curve of a garden bed is a job for after delivery, done on site with a knife.

Why a shorter length carries a cutting fee

A full roll goes out the door the way it came off the line, wrapped and untouched. Cutting one takes handling on every single order: unwrapping it, rolling it out flat, measuring, cutting cleanly across the width, then re-wrapping both halves.

The bigger cost is the remainder. What's left over sits in the warehouse until another customer happens to want exactly that length, and turf is made in dye batches, so an ageing remnant can end up a slightly different shade from fresh stock of the same product. The fee covers the handling and that risk.

Think about this when your requirement sits close to a full roll. If a 15m cut plus the fee lands near the price of the untouched 20m roll, taking the roll can be the better call. You end up with 5m of spare turf for a dog run, a bin corner, the floor of the kids' cubby or a patch you'll be glad of in three years when the original product has been discontinued.

When your yard is wider than 3.71m

Most Australian backyards are, so this is the normal case rather than the awkward one. You order enough length to cover the area in two or more drops, lay them side by side, and join them with joining tape and outdoor adhesive underneath.

Two rules matter more than anything else here. Every drop has to run the same pile direction, because the blades lean one way and a flipped piece reads as a distinctly different shade of green from the back door. And the seam wants to fall somewhere sensible, away from your main sightline and away from spots that cop constant traffic or a trampoline leg. Our guide to laying artificial turf covers the joining method properly, and the yard measuring guide walks through planning where the seams fall before you order anything.

Working out which length to order

Test both orientations before you commit. Turf only runs one way along the roll, so which direction you run it across the yard changes how much you buy.

A 6m by 4.5m backyard

Lay the drops so they run across the 6m dimension: two drops side by side give 7.42m of coverage, and each one needs to be 4.5m long. That's 9m of roll length, so you order a 10m cut.

Run them the other way and each drop has to be 6m long to cover the length, which is 12m of roll, pushing you into a 15m cut. Same yard, five extra metres of turf, for no reason other than the direction you happened to sketch first. Always test both.

A 1.5m by 8m side path

This one covers comfortably within a single 3.71m width, so there's no seam to worry about. You need 8m of length, which means a 10m cut.

You're paying for 37.1m² of turf to cover 12m² of path. The width is fixed, so a narrow strip always carries that penalty. The upside is that a 3.71m wide by 10m long piece yields two 1.5m strips side by side with room to spare, so if you've got a second path, a dog run or a courtyard anywhere on the property, do them in the same order and the maths improves sharply.

What this means for your budget

You're paying for roll area, not lawn area. Typical Australian prices sit in these bands: budget turf at 15-25mm pile runs $15-30/m², mid-range 25-35mm runs $30-45/m², and premium 35-45mm runs $40-60/m², all inc. GST and supply only. Professional installation adds roughly $30-70/m² on top of that, and DIY base materials come to about $10-20/m². For our own three products, see current pricing on the product page, where the calculator shows the total for the length you pick.

Because the width is fixed, a step up in tier gets multiplied across the whole roll. Upgrading on a 10m cut means paying the difference on all 37.1m², including the 10m² you'll end up trimming off. That's a real consideration if you're weighing up thickness, and the pile height guide covers what you get for the extra. The full cost guide breaks down the rest of the job, base materials and disposal included.

Delivery, and what we don't do

We supply turf only. Installation is your job or your landscaper's, which keeps the price down and gives you a free hand in choosing who lays it.

On delivery, we ship to most of the country but not to Western Australia. Checkout will reject a WA delivery address, so if you're in WA it's worth sourcing locally before you spend an afternoon measuring up.

Frequently asked questions

Can I order artificial turf cut to an exact square metre figure?

No. Turf is sold as a piece of fixed width by a chosen length, so the area you pay for is always the length multiplied by the 3.71m roll width. The way to minimise waste is to test both orientations for your yard, then pick the shortest available length that covers it. Any shaping to your yard's actual outline is done on site with a sharp knife after delivery.

Why is there a cutting fee on a part roll?

Cutting a roll takes handling on every order: unwrapping, rolling out, measuring, cutting across the full width and re-wrapping both pieces. It also leaves a remainder that may sit unsold, and because turf is made in dye batches, an old remnant can differ slightly in shade from fresh stock. A full roll ships untouched, so it carries no cutting fee.

Can I get turf cut narrower than 3.71 metres?

Not at the supply end. The backing is bonded across the full width during manufacture, and slicing a roll lengthways leaves the supplier with a strip that fits nobody's yard. Trimming the width down yourself is straightforward though: unroll the piece, mark your line against a straightedge, and cut from the backing side with a sharp utility knife.

Do I have to buy a full roll for a small area?

No, shorter cut lengths are available on every product, commonly starting around 5m, and 5m by 3.71m covers 18.6m² which suits most courtyards and balconies. A cutting fee applies to anything below a full roll, and it appears at checkout before you pay. For very small areas the fixed width means you'll still have offcuts, so it's worth planning a second use for them before you order.