Turfing

Turf can be installed at any time of the year, although it's best to at least avoid frosty or extremely hot conditions. Most people tend to opt for the spring or autumn as temperatures can be a little cooler and there is less risk of the turf drying out - but there's nothing stopping us from laying your new lawn in the winter or summer months.

Lawn turf is typically available in standard one square metre rolls which measure approximately 160cm x 60cm wide with a depth of 2.5cm.

Your new lawn should be watered for the first time immediately after it has been laid. It will be your responsibility to ensure that the new turf remains damp for around two weeks after laying with regular watering, ideally twice a day morning and evening, so that the roots can adequately establish themselves in the soil. Our team will advise you on how to best go about doing this and to check that things are correctly on track following the installation.

The price of turf is depends on the grade quality of turf that is chosen, the quantity that is required to cover the lawn and the distance it needs to travel to reach you - unless you're able to collect and transport it yourself from the suppliers.​

If you're having authentic grass turf installed then we would thoroughly recommend the use of a pre-turfing fertiliser. This will make a huge difference to the way the turf establishes itself into the soil. When the turf is originally harvested the roots are removed. Ensuring there is a good base of nutrients will help the grass plants to grow strong healthy roots by encouraging a speedy re-establishment of the root system from the outset. It's these roots that absorb water and nutrients from the soil.

This can be done, but it is definitely not recommended because you will most certainly not achieve the best results by doing this. If you lay new turf on top of old turf you will experience deterioration of your lawn as the old grass begins to die.

If you're opted for real grass then it's important to understand that turf is alive and just like any other living thing, it needs essentials such as water, food and oxygen. Applying fertiliser means you are literally feeding the lawn, which provides it with the best chance of becoming strong and healthy. The lawn will be able to then build immunity against wear and tear, diseases and unwanted weeds, and it will be more capable of keeping pests at bay.

For those who opt for real turf, you'll want to mow the lawn as soon as you notice that the turf has clearly rooted in the soil when you try to lift a corner - usually around the 3 week mark. At this time you can go ahead and set your mower to its highest setting and just clip off the top growth. The first round of mowing should be a simple trim with no more than 25% of the grass plant cut off. You can then gradually reduce the height of the grass with each subsequent cut to the height you would prefer to maintain your lawn.

We would advise waiting at least three weeks before you walk on your new lawn as this will give it enough time to knit into the soil. ​

We offer all of our services including the laying of real turf and artificial turf to all properties across Cardiff and surrounding areas of South Wales.

Yes, RGB Construction are members of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Yes, all of our turf installation services come with a guarantee upon completion.