Pitch reminds me of the grass verges in the schemes.
Years of cars parking on them makes the grass unrecoverable and just turns into a bog.
Years of sanding and flooded patches not draining has turned a pristine piece of Scottish football real estate into what we have now.
Cut enough corners yesterday eventually hit a brick wall.
You thinking that putting on the undersoil heating would dry out the pitch (see post 35 on this thread) is beyond me.
"Nelmsy should get Fenton to switch on the undersoil heading which will help dry out the pitch" your words.
That would make the drainage problems worse. As you keep advising others..Do your homework before you post.
conditions is the best decision for player safety and to preserve season-long playability of the ball fields. If there's standing water on 1% of the field, it's TOO WET for play!
Googled suggestion. Couldn't find any reference to undersold heating being suitable to help dry out waterlogged pitch. Improve drainage was the only advice.
Note I'm not an expert on all of this and stand to be corrected by others more knowledgeable but I think it it a question of timing regarding undersoil heating drying out pitches. Over extended periods switched on and after long-term use I have read that undersoil heating does indeed dry out the soil but more to the point the subsoil through which the pipes run. This not only dries out the subsoil but compacts it stopping water from seeping through to the drainage. I don't know if that is the case at Dens more likely the drains themselves are not fit for purpose. Very short term I doubt it it would make enough difference say a few hours use between rain going off and kick off, but again that is only my thoughts it may be otherwise.
A further point in all of this carry on I spoke today to a farmer with a large acreage in Angus and he told me that the water table on or under his land was currently higher now than it has ever been in his 50 years farming. Interesting!
Yeah, I always thought it was for defrosting and snow (which in itself would put more strain on the drainage).. if you remember the times we used to get snow.