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Wife is insisting on having a new lawn. Our current one has random flower beds in the middle and patches of cobble stones round the edge. Nightmare to mow.
Personally I would rather fill in the patches with some rolls of turf, treat the weeds and mortar the bloody ant hills. My argument is that we don't have enough time to manicure a lawn. Any lawn would end up like the current one in a couple of years. However, Mrs Wood(does not like beer) is insisting we get quotes for a new lawn.
I will move all the stones and clear the flower beds. But I'm not keen on doing the rest.
Any idea what it would cost for someone to remove old turf, apply dressing etc and then lay the new family use turf?
A lot, we done ours at the beginning of summer and had two quotes of £1600 & £960 (Southeast) for a c.30ftx30ft lawn.
Done it ourselves for under £300 all in.
Forgot to say its a 41 square metre lawn (5x7 plus a 2x3 bit)
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/how-much-to-turf-7m-x-8m-area
Got told ours looks shit though, but 3 months on I'm happy with it 🙂
Ah ha! Thanks for that. That's a lot of bike bits. Gives me a ball park figure to start discussions with the wife!
Do it yourself. Lift the existing stuff and put in a pile. You'll have lovely compost in 6 months. Dig and rake over the soil. Get some top soil if what's there is poor. Get some of [url= http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/garden-care-watering/lawn-care/B-and-Q-Pre-Turf-And-Lawn-Seed-Fertilizer-2kg-9436451 ]this[/url] on it.
Go and get your turf from a proper supplier who has daily deliveries. Not garden centre or B&Q. Lay it in less than half a day.
Sorted.
I was originally thinking of doing it myself. But having spent the whole summer laying concrete, patios and building sheds I've lost the enthusiasm. Plus even doing the whole lot myself it seems to work out a few hundred squids.
Especially if I hire a turf cutter at £90 a day.
It's not hard to do yourself. I did mine which is about equivalent to three 3x4 chunks in a couple of afternoons. Turf cost £2-300 ish.
Sounds like all you really need to do is weed and feed. Weeds thrive when the grass isn't out-competing them, so you need to keep the grass strong. It's amazing the difference some feed makes on a starved lawn.
If you don't have kids I'd seed it. Might cost £20 in seed.