Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jun 17, 2011 3:28 am Example - grass currently laid on a slope. I'd like to extend the height of the retaining wall, then make the grass nice and flat. So I obviously need more soil. Would I need to lay new grass on top or would it find it's feet through 200-300mm of soil (doubting this)? Would I cut the existing grass out in the way I got it (layers) and then re-lay? Re: Raising the height of your laid grass 2Jun 17, 2011 8:08 am Lift existing turf with a turf cutter. Adjust soil height, re-lay turf. Do it all in one go if possible as the cut turf will go crappy after a few days. The turf will be slower to re-establish this time of year. You can use a spade to slice the turf off if its a small area, but it will be a pretty rough look for a while. Re: Raising the height of your laid grass 3Jun 22, 2011 12:22 am I'd just top dress that area a few times with an organic compost and dare I say it, *shudders* lawn mix. Gradually bring it up by growing the grass up through it. Easy to do but will take ages at this time of year. Ignore weeds that grow in the mean time. Re: Raising the height of your laid grass 5Aug 21, 2011 9:26 pm I'd get in my car, drive across the entire country and slap you Weigh up the options of what energy costs that will have on your home. The more hard or synthetic surfaces you have the greater running costs will be for your home. Some good work being done on this topic around Australia. Great Gardens will be filming a transformation of a 50's bungalow to a sustainable garden that reduces, not increases, a homes energy needs. This is happening soon. Hopefully you decide to keep that lawn. Please, we as a nation are absolutely besotted with seeing no other options for lawns. By that I mean we feel we have to design gardens with open surfaces in front of them. Pebbles, plastic grass or even grass itself. The options can set you free of chores and tiresome looks of the same old sterile same old from every house in the street. Killing grass needs to be a new thread topic and a worthwhile one too Re: Raising the height of your laid grass 6Aug 22, 2011 10:09 am Fu Manchu :lol: I'd get in my car, drive across the entire country and slap you Fu is only laughing because He would drive over and slap you IMO Most people would fly Re: Raising the height of your laid grass 8Aug 24, 2011 11:55 pm chrisandkate Fu Manchu :lol: I'd get in my car, drive across the entire country and slap you Fu is only laughing because He would drive over and slap you IMO Most people would fly ... Naa. My arms get tired when I fly. Re: Raising the height of your laid grass 10Sep 01, 2011 12:20 am Take out the grass first. It will come back through. So feed it, kill it, mulch it. I had new concrete laid, extended the alfresco and had the sidewalks concreted too. I noticed the concreter didn't put the expansion foam anywhere, there are expansion… 0 8131 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Please help me to answer this question , it will help me a lot as i can go to buy confidently with your recommendation: I want to put synthetic turf in our backyard for… 0 5542 ok thanks - yes was wondering if that should have been listed as Option Three! 2 7754 |