atomant48
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up to almost the final part of the big deck build trying to level the ground along one of the edges. I’m building up with topsoil as in the pic (having first stripped back the turf and roughed up the soil underneath.) new turf will then go on.
I’m goong to make sure there’s 150mm of top soil everywhere but few questions :
- how much do I need to compact the topsoil before turf goes on ? It’s probably 3-400mm deep at the deepest part.
- what do I do to the topsoil before laying the turf - just rough it up a bit or water it etc ?
Using hand tools only so hopefully will get a reasonable result. I’m trying to minimise disturbing the lawn as it’s in really good shape.
There is a bit of welding - I made some pretty clever posts to hold those sleepers in place. :-)
I’m goong to make sure there’s 150mm of top soil everywhere but few questions :
- how much do I need to compact the topsoil before turf goes on ? It’s probably 3-400mm deep at the deepest part.
- what do I do to the topsoil before laying the turf - just rough it up a bit or water it etc ?
Using hand tools only so hopefully will get a reasonable result. I’m trying to minimise disturbing the lawn as it’s in really good shape.
There is a bit of welding - I made some pretty clever posts to hold those sleepers in place. :-)