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| Ground Preparation: |
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Any existing lawn grass should be removed by cutting and scooping turves from underneath. (see Fig.1)
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Turn-over the soil to a depth of ± 15cm (6.12") with a rotovator (or a spade) (see Fig.2)
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Improve heavy soils by mixing in horticultural sand or Greenblade finegrade topsoil
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Clear
the ground of any weeds or stones or other garden debris. For best results on
weeds use a systemic weed killer.
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| Raking: |
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Rake the soil over to produce a smooth, level surface. (see Fig3.)
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Lightly tread or roll surface to reveal any soft patches.
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Fill and or level any soft patches.
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Rake a conditioning fertiliser in to the soil surface.
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Avoid walking on prepared ground.
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Get scaffolding boards or old planks to work and walk on.
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This will make the task of laying turf easier and provide extra gentle firm to new turf already laid.
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You are now ready to start laying your new turf.
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to measure your ground : |
- Proper measurement and
ground preparation for turf is essential. Badly measured and poorly prepared
ground will never produce the best results.
- Sketch an outline of the area you want to lay on a large sheet of paper.
- Divide the sketch into rectangles even if your proposed lawn is to be round.
- Now go to the area you want to lay and use stones or pegs to mark out the
corners of the rectangles you have just drawn in your sketch.
- Measure and record on your sketch the length and width of each rectangle
in metres or feet.
- Calculate the total area of each rectangle by multiplying the length X width
of each.
- Add all of the total areas of each rectangle together th multiply the total
length X total width to get the total number of squared metres (or feet) required.
- The multiply the total number of square metres (or feet) by 5% (multiply
total area X 5 and divide by 100) to allow for trimming.
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You have now calculated the total number of square metres (or
feet) of turf you will need to order.
How to convert square
feet into square meters
To convert total square feet into square meters, multiply the total square
feet X 0.0929
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| Laying the turf |
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Unroll turf one roll at a time,
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Lay the first rolls around the edges of the ground, (see Fig4.)
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Avoid cutting or using small pieces at the perimeter as the edges can dry and perish,
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Make
sure the earth side of each roll laid has full contact with the ground by stamping
with flat hands or back of rake. (see Fig5.)
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Unroll and lay the next turf across the longest straight run,
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Then
continue to unroll turves and work across the lawn roll-by-roll to produce a
brickwork-like pattern,
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Adjust the position of the turf while unrolling by pushing it. (Pulling will stretch and distort the turf)
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Abutt edges and ends of each turf against each other by pushing.
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Cut off overlapping pieces at row ends with sharp knife or lawn edger.
Water each turf as you lay it.
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An example of new lawn turf properly laid.
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