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Newly laid lawn ??

Hi all, been to price a lawn cutting job today, on arrival it's just been laid on Saturday, as I was walking over it in certain places my boots were sinking about an inch,so peeled back the turf to find about 2 inch of fresh topsoil , question is will it settle down on its own ?? Or does it need rolling ?? I always thought you firm the soil down before you turf ??

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  • Even consolidation is the key prior to final raking. We then pun the newly laid turf with wooden punners, working off scaffold boards and leave two weeks before first cut.

    The problem with rolling now, is that soft areas will get lower and harder areas will stay where they are. I would suggest they get the contractor to sort it. Besides its far too early for a cut.

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    Yeh just what I thought !! Wasn't going cut for at least 3 weeks just went to price cutting job, parts were like walking on an air bed, 500sqm lawn shes an old lady, think they will try and palm her of with some bull !!!
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    By the sounds of it, leave it alone or you will get blamed when it sinks and it will sink by the sounds of it.

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    Yeh will call around tomorrow, and tell her to get them back in to look at the lawn.
  • I wouldn't if i were you.

    mark thomas said:

    Yeh will call around tomorrow, and tell her to get them back in to look at the lawn.
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    How come ?? My plan was to feed reg, and make a proper job mowing it, hopefully get some more work of the job I'm doing ??
  • ... the lady will probably give your details when she complains about the turfing.... you may well then get a visit from some very irate turfers!!

  • Bingo !

    Geoff Norfolk said:

    ... the lady will probably give your details when she complains about the turfing.... you may well then get a visit from some very irate turfers!!

  • Hi Mark,

    Question back to you, when you first saw the new laid turf did it look as if it had been laid in a tidy and uniformal fashion?

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    It looked really good well laid all internal & external cut were clean to ! As I've mentioned certain places weren't compacted and was like walking on sand.
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