Replacing Paving with Turf/Lawn - Ground Prep

[mhl0507]

and what if I don't do that?... is bad? I mean, it sounds like a lot of work

 

[lasors]

You might get away with a little less soil but I wouldn't recommend it. 6 inch depth it will grow, but not well, 12 inches minimum I would advise.

Less than 6 inches forget it, it will die.

Yes, it's hard work. If you have a good number of concrete blocks, clean them as you lift them and someone will have them off you if you advertise them free to collector on gumtree.

Other sub base will need a skip.

 

[mhl0507]

Well, thanks for the help

I'll tell you how it goes probably in a couple of months

 

[Neil Amos]

Haha I weirdly enjoyed your turfing adventures here! I read it start to finish! Might go turf my lawn!




Port Talbot

 

[Deano801]

Hi all,

I have stumbled across this thread after seeking some much needed advice.
I am wanting to convert my garden that was currently designed with decking, raised beds and paving slabs when we first brought our house 5 years ago. Now we are delighted to be expecting our first child. This has spurred me to re-design our garden so it's a much more child friendly envoirment. We would like grass so our child can play in the future. Please see pictures above for before and after.
The advice I am after is, what and how to do next? Ideally I want the open area where the sand/mortar currently sits to all be soiled and eventually grassed. But having read so many posts I'm unsure of whether to totally dig up the current surface so it's free of mortar and rock or just loosen it off. Also what you can see in the distance of my garden is an existing pond that was sitting nearly 5ft deep. I have filled this up with broken breeze blokes for now to mearly fill this void. Does anyone have any recommendations on what to do next? I'm really struggling. Ideally it would be eaiser to get someone in and do the entire lot but this would come at a huge cost and this is what I'm trying to avoid. I have a fantastic family that are all willing to muck in, I just need direction.

Thank you.