Can I lay new turf over an old lawn ? I would treat the original to kill the grass first.?

Answer 1

Here is my favorite lawn care website:

http://www.lawnandgardenguide.info/

Good luck with your lawn project.

Answer 2

Well if you are going to keep your lawn to the same standard as most people do, i would chuk down the turf on top make sure its been feed with a good slow release feed tho, you could topdress with a little soil just to level it, if you do that every 2-3 years you will build up the loam and you might get away without feeding ever!

Answer 3

What is wrong with your old lawn?
If it's level and got lots of weeds and moss growing in it, all you need is weed and feed and a lot of T.L.C.
If it's not level, then take up the turf and put some soil under to make level then replace turf.
If you are going to kill the old lawn then you will not be able to returf for a couple of months.

Answer 4

Don't mean to be rude, but what are you thinking! Hire a professional to remove the old lawn and haul away, then have them install the turf. Come on, you're putting out good money so why not do it right?

It'd be like putting clean socks on over the ones you'r already wearing!

Answer 5

all answers are correct in thier own way, depends on how much work you want to put into your new lawn.
let lawn grow for a week or so to let weeds grow, spray with roundup active which is pet safe and becomes neutrel on contact with soil, then rotorvate and level and make solid for sowing or turfing, if sowing buy seed from a seedsman not garden centre unless you want to pay the earth for it.
there is no need to remove anything from the site which just inccurs costs and burns fuel for no reason, if you want to go the full hog incorperate well rotted manure or fertiliser while preparing
happy gardening

Answer 6

Go with Bunny's answer - it is spot on. If you treat the original grass first rather than remove it, you will have poisoned the earth you want the new turf to grow in.

Get rid of old and then bring in the new.

Answer 7

Yes, kill the grass, but aerate the soil(break it with a rotivator or steel rake) before laying the new turf.

Answer 8

I had my garden paths improved earlier on in the year which led to my lawn becoming a sunken garden so I had 5 ton of topsoil put on top of it, then I sowed grass seed onto it and now I have a lawn that is level with my path and looks good too!

Answer 9

CANT YOUR NEW GRASS WONT TAKE ROOT YOU HAVE TO TURN OVER THE OLD LAWN JUST TWO INCHES LIKE SOD AND THEN LAY IN THE NEW SOD AND KEEP IT WATERED TIL YOU SEE IT IS GROWING AND WELL ESTABLISHED

Answer 10

Yes kill the old layer because it will be like weeds you know the grass will keep growing through the new layer.

Answer 11

New sod will have to be in contact with soil to properly take hold and do its thing. Sorry, but the old stuff will have to be ripped up to expose the soil.