Turfing

The lawn is often the largest area of the garden and is, unfortunately often overlooked.

Many people seem to believe that turfing is easy and that anyone can do it. This is, to some extent true but the difference between an average DIYer and an experienced professional will become apparant a while after the installation.

It is very important that the preparation is up to scratch. This means, normally rotovating the existing soil, removal of foreign objects, replacement of some poor soil and levelling of the area. Often the lawn cannot be level due to the lie of the land, of which the garden is a small part so it will need to have a slope. The slope can be made as shallow as possible by a couple of clever tricks…
The soil must be properly compacted by ‘heeling in’ – treading over the entire surface by stamping down with heels of boots. This eliminates any air voids within the soil that would cause localised settlement later on. This levelling and compacting process is then repeated – sometimes up to 5/6 times until the surface is very flat.
The surface is then very lightly raked to give a fine tilth; turf is then laid, making sure that joints are staggered and that all joins are really tight together.

The aftercare of turf is as vital as it’s laying. If the weather is such that there is a chance of the turf drying out we will provide an irrigation system, on loan free of charge until the lawn is established. This is normally set up with a timer so that your tap is activated automatically at the most appropriate time.