sarah
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Turf
Jun 29, 2015 18:12:47 GMT
Post by sarah on Jun 29, 2015 18:12:47 GMT
Hello!
Just a quick question. I was wondering how much people paid to have their gardens turfed by Harron? I know all gardens are different sizes etc but was just after a rough guide.
Thanks
Sarah
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Jun 29, 2015 21:36:42 GMT
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Post by davsur on Jun 29, 2015 21:36:42 GMT
Sorry ours was pre-turfed! However I would have a good look at the soil depth first as there's a high degree of clay. If yours is like that you may want to invest in having it dug out and a few inches of top soil put down in its place.
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Jun 30, 2015 7:39:17 GMT
Post by Rich on Jun 30, 2015 7:39:17 GMT
I may be wrong, but from memory I thought they wanted something silly like £500. We've got a pretty big back garden and the turf cost about £160 IIRC. As Dave said, drainage can be an issue, but usually the grass is enough to soak up the water. We dug some trenches in our back garden to help with this but the front garden which Harron laid has never had any problems. If you use the top soil that Harron will put down for free and flatten it down with a whacker (which you can hire for the day), then laying turf is a pretty simple job.
I'd recommend A1 Turf Supplies. It pays to get a decent quality grass otherwise you'll regret it down the line. The price above was for their 'stadium' quality turf.
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Jun 30, 2015 8:22:28 GMT
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Post by spencer1992 on Jun 30, 2015 8:22:28 GMT
We laid ours or self. Therefore it's not that flat. We went to b&q to get turf and it had been there 3 days so was reduced to £1 a roll!! It looked horrible at first, but we figured because we've spent less on turf we'd spend a little more on lawn care.
After looking after it, the grass is now lovely and green and you wouldn't believe that it looked so bad at the start. The man in b&q was right, of you look after it it will grow.
We had to use some horse muck around the edges to help with drainage. If you need any bags my friend has stables with lots and lots of the stuff !
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Jun 30, 2015 9:03:30 GMT
Post by teddyowner on Jun 30, 2015 9:03:30 GMT
Sorry, went down the AstroTurf route on the back so don't know.
I'm no Percy Thrower but has anyone come across any worms when gardening? I dug out loads of clay to improve the drainage and level it off and had to shift a couple of tonnes of soil around but didn't come across any at all. Without worms your compost/manure is going to have to be dug in by hand or it will just sit on the top forever and your soil will just compact and never drain properly. I might invest in some for the borders.
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Jun 30, 2015 14:22:42 GMT
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Post by alison on Jun 30, 2015 14:22:42 GMT
Sorry, went down the AstroTurf route on the back so don't know. [ Where did you buy your AstroTurf teddyowner? Did you lay it yourself or did you get someone to do it?
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Post by teddyowner on Jun 30, 2015 14:58:34 GMT
Alison Bought from grass direct and laid it myself. They put a discount code on their website most weekends as well. Preparation is similar to real grass only with a sharp sand compacted layer on the top to get a really flat surface. I also made edging borders out of railway sleepers to avoid buying more than one width of turf (4m wide) because I didn't want the hassle of trying to joint it. Looks pretty realistic, it just sounds funny when you walk on it.
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Post by spencer1992 on Jun 30, 2015 19:04:29 GMT
I think your garden looks really good !!
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Aug 14, 2015 23:54:07 GMT
Post by bish on Aug 14, 2015 23:54:07 GMT
I recently laid turf in our garden. It's a 200 sq m garden so it's a decent size. I paid £1.70 per sq m from A1 turf supplies. I am pleased with the quality of turf.
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