Any recommendations on landscapers (Grading yard & laying sod)

DarkoStoj

DarkoStoj

A mysterious figure named Darko
I need to have my ~2500 sq/ft backyard in Detroit graded and sod put down.

Anybody have any recommendations of somebody that could do it? I need to have it done by this weekend.

Thanks!
 
I would recommend A1 Trombley. They did my yard in GPP - tractor, dirt, grading, fill, and sod. I doubt they will get anything done this week though, but you could try. You get the best rates if you get it right from the sod farms up on I69.

-Geoff
 
RSpencer said:
I recently purchased ~1000 sq/ft of sod from Olivers on 24/north Ave. 40 cents sq/ft.
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I need approximately 30ft x 50ft of sod. So based on your $0.40 per sq/ft i would spend $600. Did you install it yourself? I would need the same 30x50 area existing sod ripped up and the dirt graded before new sod is laid.
 
When I went to Trombley, they charged me about the same price per foot plus about the same price as it cost to install it. They charged a reasonable price for topsoil and the fill was cheap or free (I had 20 yards of fill too).

-Geoff
 
Ripping up sod and disposing it is not cheap... most dumpster rentals won't even take sod.

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Any recommendations on landscapers (Grading yard & laying sod)

camaromann said:
I need approximately 30ft x 50ft of sod. So based on your $0.40 per sq/ft i would spend $600. Did you install it yourself? I would need the same 30x50 area existing sod ripped up and the dirt graded before new sod is laid.
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Yes. I installed myself. The area I installed in wasn't previously grass (had a bunch of trees/plants/shrubs). I disposed of some of the old soil, laid down some fresh top soil, laid down the sod, and made a transition to the grass that it butted up to.

I had a few areas that I was working in and tilled it with hand tools. With as much area as you're talking with in one spot, renting a rototiller is absolutely your best bet.

Installing the sod was easy. Wet the soil. Roll out sod. Water the sod. Use either a roller or a tamper (what I used) to get the roots to seat.
 
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