Your backyard deserves a neighbor, not a national chain.
How Sun Plus Shield compares to Southern Turf Co., and why that difference shows up in the finished project.
Both companies will install turf in your yard. The difference is who shows up, where they go home at night, and how much of their attention your project gets. Sun Plus Shield is a small-town, family-owned business that lives in the same communities we serve. Southern Turf Co. is a fast-growing company headquartered in Texas, running dozens of locations across the country.
| Category | Local & family-ownedSun Plus Shield | National companySouthern Turf Co. |
|---|---|---|
| Home base | Moncure, NC, just down the road from Pittsboro in Chatham County | Headquartered in Austin, Texas |
| Ownership | Small-town, family-owned. You speak with one person start through finish. | Multi-state company built for rapid growth, named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies |
| Roots here | Our parent company, Chimneys Plus, has served Pittsboro and central NC since 1988 | Founded in Texas in 2019; expanded into North Carolina in 2023 |
| Footprint | One region, and it's ours: the Triangle and central NC | 33 locations across 12 states |
| What gets built | The whole outdoor space: turf and putting greens, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, fire pits and patios, designed to work together | Artificial turf and putting greens |
| Fire & gas | NFI and CSIA-certified specialists in partnership with Chimneys Plus with decades of experience in fire, venting and permitting | Not part of their service line |
| Approach | Design first. We start with how your family wants to live, then build to last for generations. | Speed. Their site says most residential installs take 1 to 2 days. |
| Your contact | One local point of contact from the first call through the final walkthrough, under our active NC General Contractor license | A Turf Advisor from a national team of 100+ |
| Warranty | We stand behind everything we build. We come out to help homeowners and guarantee our work. | 2-year warranty, but they charge a site visit fee of $250, due on all site visits for installations past 90 days. |
New name. Decades in your homes.
For more than 35 years, Chimneys Plus has been the family business central North Carolina calls for chimneys, fireplaces and gutters. That's decades of walking into people's homes, protecting their property, and doing the job right the first time.
Along the way, our customers kept asking the same question: "Do you do outdoor kitchens? Fire pits? Turf?"
So we answered it the right way. We hired specialists who live and breathe outdoor living, gave them the support of a company that's been here since 1988, and started Sun Plus Shield to fill that need. Same family, same values, same standard of care, now in your backyard.
What "local" actually means for your project
We'll still be here in year five
If something needs attention down the road, you call a team that's a short drive away and already knows your yard, not a regional call queue.
We know this ground
Red clay, heavy summer storms, mature hardwood shade. Our site prep and drainage are planned for central North Carolina, not copied from a Texas playbook.
Our name is on the line
Our crews, our families and our customers share the same grocery stores, ball fields and churches. Our reputation is built one neighbor at a time, and we protect it that way.
Your money stays in the community
We work with experienced tradespeople and partner with licensed local specialists when necessary. We manage every job start to finish and you only speak with one person throughout the entire process.
Big companies win on volume, and volume means moving fast to the next job. We'd rather slow down and get it right: careful site preparation, heat-stretched turf secured with composite perimeter boards instead of nails that slip over time, premium materials you won't find at a big box store, and a crew that treats your house like a home.
Southern Turf Co. details are drawn from southernturfco.com and the company's published press releases as of October 2026. Sun Plus Shield operates under NC General Contractor License L.100047.
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