Hi Aaron, I think it's a big job to lift the turf now so I would not disturb it now. I would lay the plywood or plank on the grass and walk on it.this should help in the levelling process and not damage the turf. Hope this works for you.
Hi guys, Please see the pictures attached. This is after I have laid a board on and walked, this was done for whole garden. Water wise, lawn has been watered continuously including the little rain we are getting every now and then.
Hi Aaron, I think it's a big job to lift the turf now so I would not disturb it now. I would lay the plywood or plank on the grass and walk on it.this should help in the levelling process and not damage the turf. Hope this works for you.
Hi John, We did laid the planks and then walked over it. We could see the difference, my question is shall we do it like every day or just once was enough. Would you suggest they should run a roller on the turf ?
It doesn't look to bad to be fair judging by the pictures , only bit which doesn't quite look right is round the edge near the slide.
When were the turf laid ? sorry if I missed it. looks like the turf been rolled up for to long.
I really wouldn't keep walking on it , they is a reason why they say walk on planks to get around the lawn to spread the weight , you will damaging the roots trying to establish with keep walking and messing around with it.
Leave it be and keep it well watered if it hasn't rained for a while and access the leveling in spring , most hollows can be easily fixed with top dressing and if they is any bumpy bits can be removed, just let the lawn get going first.
I'm inclined to agree with @Perki. The only other bit that looks a wee bit 'off' is on the left. If you look striaght down from the slide steps in that last pic - it looks a bit compacted and flattened, but the grass itself doesn't look the greatest. It'll get enough water now, so I think it's best left until spring to try and improve anything. It will probably settle a bit more over the winter too, and then you can take a view on it. I don't see that as much of a slope either - it wouldn't cause any problems in terms of using the grass, and you shouldn't have issues with water run off at the house end as the grass should absorb it
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It doesn't look that bad. I do see standing water all over it, and either you are over watering it or all that rolling and trampling has affected the drainage. Being sodden 24/7 will hurt it. I'd say stop watering it now, and just leave it. Assess any minor hollows in spring.
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Thank you everyone. This is very reassuring. The guys checked the level and in heavy rainfall water will stand in middle of the garden and he suggested we can have a standalone soakaway ..like a pipe with hole in the ground surrounded with gravels..
In the second picture just right next to the sleeper L section is where soakway will be installed. This is due to the fact, just couple of weeks back in heavy rain we had the water standing in garden, roughly 40cm over the ground, may be due to clay soil etc.
40cm? That's 16" in old money. Hopefully you mean 40 mm or 1 1/2". Even that's a lot of water on the lawn. The lawn certainly shouldn't be dipping to a hollow in the centre, there should be a slight fall to the edges.
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I would lay the plywood or plank on the grass and walk on it.this should help in
the levelling process and not damage the turf. Hope this works for you.
This is after I have laid a board on and walked, this was done for whole garden.
Water wise, lawn has been watered continuously including the little rain we are getting every now and then.
Would you suggest they should run a roller on the turf ?
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When were the turf laid ? sorry if I missed it. looks like the turf been rolled up for to long.
I really wouldn't keep walking on it , they is a reason why they say walk on planks to get around the lawn to spread the weight , you will damaging the roots trying to establish with keep walking and messing around with it.
Leave it be and keep it well watered if it hasn't rained for a while and access the leveling in spring , most hollows can be easily fixed with top dressing and if they is any bumpy bits can be removed, just let the lawn get going first.
It'll get enough water now, so I think it's best left until spring to try and improve anything. It will probably settle a bit more over the winter too, and then you can take a view on it.
I don't see that as much of a slope either - it wouldn't cause any problems in terms of using the grass, and you shouldn't have issues with water run off at the house end as the grass should absorb it
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
In the second picture just right next to the sleeper L section is where soakway will be installed.
This is due to the fact, just couple of weeks back in heavy rain we had the water standing in garden, roughly 40cm over the ground, may be due to clay soil etc.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...