Sod Installation & Lawn Prep

Sod fails for one reason more than any other: it is laid straight onto compacted Georgia clay. Roots cannot penetrate, water cannot drain, and within a season you have expensive brown squares.

We do the whole job — grading, decompaction, screened topsoil, and then the sod — so it knits into ground it can actually live in.

Do you need this?

If any of these sound like your property, this is the service:

• The lawn is patchy, weedy or has failed
• A build or excavation has left bare ground
• You want an instant lawn rather than waiting on seed
• Erosion is taking bare soil off a slope
• The ground needs levelling before any lawn will work

How the job runs

1. 1

   Grade and drain first

   Surface shaped so water runs off, not into hollows. A lawn that sits wet will rot whatever you lay on it.

2. 2

   Break up the clay

   Compacted subsoil loosened so roots have somewhere to go. This is the step that separates a lawn that takes from one that does not.

3. 3

   Topsoil

   Screened topsoil brought in and spread to depth — four to six inches is the target over Georgia clay.

4. 4

   Lay, roll and water

   Sod laid tight with staggered joints, rolled for contact, and watered in. We leave you clear watering instructions for the critical first two weeks.

What affects your price

Why it's different in Georgia

Georgia red clay is dense, holds water and roots struggle in it. Bermuda, zoysia and fescue all behave differently here and the right choice depends on sun, slope and how much water the lawn will get. We will talk that through rather than laying whatever is on the truck.