Lawns, real and artificial
A lawn is the cheapest large thing you can do to a yard, and the easiest to get wrong. Rolls of turf laid on hard, uneven ground will look good for about three weeks and then show you every lump underneath it for the next ten years.
The ground comes first. Old lawn and weeds off, levels set so water runs somewhere sensible, the surface graded and prepared, and then the turf goes down tight and gets watered in properly on day one.
Artificial turf is the honest answer for some spots. Deep shade under a verandah, a narrow side path, a courtyard over concrete, a pool surround, anywhere a real lawn would be patchy and sulking by February. It is laid on its own prepared base, not rolled out over dirt.
What is included
- Removing the old lawn, weeds and whatever is under them
- Levelling, grading and preparing the ground
- Real turf, laid the day it is delivered
- Artificial turf on a prepared base, cut in around edges and paths
- Edges where the lawn meets paving, beds or a wall
Best suited to
- A tired lawn that has more weed than grass in it
- A new build or a yard that has just had the machines through it
- Shaded or narrow areas where grass has never taken
Turf and lawns questions
Real or artificial?
Real, if the spot gets sun and you will water it. It is cooler underfoot, it costs less to put down, and it can be repaired a patch at a time. Artificial, if the area is shaded, narrow, on top of concrete, or you have already replaced the same dead patch twice. The wrong answer is artificial turf across a big sunny backyard, which gets hot enough in an Adelaide summer that nobody stands on it.
Tell us about the job
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