Anyone had a new lawn put in?

QED

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A little more than a year ago my wife and I moved into a 1-year old house. Apparently the builder removed all the topsoil, removed the larger rocks and debris, and threw down grass seed.

We now have a yard that is very thin, full of weeds, and full of small rocks/wood chips/etc. Last summer I spent more than a few weekends doing nothing but raking out the pebbles from the yard, laying down a thin layer of topsoil, aerating, etc... but as soon as the snow thawed this spring I found the rocks and small stones are all back with a vengeance.

So I thought about hiring someone who actually knows what their doing (unlike me) and got a quote-- about $2800 for a new hydro-seeded 7500 square foot lawn. That seems expensive to me...

So I'm wondering... for those that had lawns profesionally installed... how much did it run?
 

QED

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Westside... I live right near the Elyria/North Ridgeville border...
 

dartworth

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Nice.

I am watching my neighbor across the street from my house rework his lawn.

He killed all the grass and skinned it down with a mower. He then tilled it all up very fine and raked it level.

Right now that is where it stands. I plain on doing my lawn in the fall, so that is why I am spying:)
 

MikeMike

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wow.

i walk into this thread, and its about ohio.

anyways, you willing to do any of the work yourself?

basically, spray ALL lawn with killer, then get Topsoil from a company who sells it, and delivers.

have them dump it somewhere, then you wheel it around and level it out with your rake.

then get a spreader, and spread the grass seed, cover with straw, let grow, water, let grow, water, done...

id say 2" of topsoil is plenty. since it will settle once watered.