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corsa.in.boro

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13th Mar 08 at 21:42

The house i have moved into has bark everywhere, i hate the stuff!!

Want to get rid and have a lawn.... Turf is expensive but if it will work out much less chew i would consider it.

anyone grew a lawn from seed? How long till its ready for sunbathing

Russ

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13th Mar 08 at 21:48

do both, bad thing about seed is the birds eat it, get some cheaper turf, and lace it with seed once its took

corsa.in.boro

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13th Mar 08 at 21:57

decent idea!!

BigSte

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14th Mar 08 at 11:37

I would recommend turf from personal experience.... I'm not sure if it would be cheaper to get seed or turf cos you would need a fair few boxes of seed to do a full garden....

Had mine done last summer, paid £650 for it including 20 tonne of top soil and it took 3 blokes 3 days to do it... (ps when it was finished round the back of the garage was also done!)

Cosmo

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14th Mar 08 at 12:35

quote:
Originally posted by BigSte
including 20 tonne of top soil

Is that a typo?

Toby

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14th Mar 08 at 13:03

quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo

quote:
Originally posted by BigSte
including 20 tonne of top soil

Is that a typo?

i doubt it thats actually not a lot when you look at it, i mean it sounds a lot but if you were to consider how uneven the ground uinderneath may have been

Cosmo

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14th Mar 08 at 13:08

Ive had 2 tonne of stone delivered before and it was a hell of a alot...so 20tonne of soil would be a huge amount.

BigSte

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14th Mar 08 at 13:31

nope not a typo....came in 2 lots.

They dumped it on my front, a massive mound and the blokes had to barrow it all round to the back garden.

Those big industrial 8 wheeler type things brought it....my garden is still on a slight slant but much better after the extra soil

Cosmo

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14th Mar 08 at 15:00

fpmsl...I dont envy that job.

I have moved 6 tonne of stone with barrows before, done in 3 lots of 2 tonne...and it wasnt a nice job

BigSte

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14th Mar 08 at 15:21

I can't even see how he would have even made much money out of me cos cheapest I could get turf for my garden was £400 so he may have got it a little cheaper...... soil will have been at least £100 for a wagon to deliver it, then he had to pay his 2 helpers and take some wages for himself.

I got two quotes and the second guy wanted £1050....... he made a good job as well!

p4uls corsa

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14th Mar 08 at 19:33

Dont suppose he covers the bradford area? Looks a damn good job and very cheap.

BigSte

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14th Mar 08 at 21:53

he might do mate...I'm a lazy git so he comes once a fortnight to cut my grass. I'll ask him next time he comes.

He's just quoted me for it fencing all the way round...an 80m long garden works out expensive for fencing!!

neoquip

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14th Mar 08 at 22:22

SEED, its cheaper and it grows within a few weeks.

p4uls corsa

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15th Mar 08 at 12:27

quote:
Originally posted by BigSte
he might do mate...I'm a lazy git so he comes once a fortnight to cut my grass. I'll ask him next time he comes.

He's just quoted me for it fencing all the way round...an 80m long garden works out expensive for fencing!!

Id appreciate that mate

SAL

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17th Mar 08 at 11:17

www.rolawn.co.uk

£3.20 per square metre and go for the madalion turf

fuk all that seeding bollock's unless you have alot of time to prep the soil to a fine tilf

BigSte

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17th Mar 08 at 12:06

I agree with Stavs, would take you ages preparing the soil and getting it right.

Weigh up your options, turf is more expensive but takes no time at all to lay, seed is cheaper but you will need to spend a lot of time doing it

BlueCorsa

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17th Mar 08 at 21:56

Astroturf FTW

pow

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18th Mar 08 at 17:52

quote:
Originally posted by Stavs
www.rolawn.co.uk

£3.20 per square metre and go for the madalion turf

fuk all that seeding bollock's unless you have alot of time to prep the soil to a fine tilf

I can vouch for Rowlan turf, top quality shiz nizz

harrisp

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22nd May 08 at 21:26

quote:
Originally posted by BigSte
he might do mate...I'm a lazy git so he comes once a fortnight to cut my grass. I'll ask him next time he comes.

He's just quoted me for it fencing all the way round...an 80m long garden works out expensive for fencing!!

If you was to have a quote for a six foot fence (5 foot panel and 1 foot gravel board) from who I work for you are looking at about £3700 for 80 metres and 4 maybe 5 days work (two of us)

Russ

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23rd May 08 at 19:48

take it you dont sell many

Colin

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23rd May 08 at 22:44

quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
fpmsl...I dont envy that job.

I have moved 6 tonne of stone with barrows before, done in 3 lots of 2 tonne...and it wasnt a nice job

Back breaking work, I used a mini excavator to dig out 20odd ton of soil/earth/grass & put down 5 ton of stones....took bloody ages!!

harrisp

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24th May 08 at 18:57

quote:
Originally posted by Russ
take it you dont sell many

5 weeks just to get a quote.

That is the going rate at this time of year.

[Edited on 24-05-2008 by harrisp]

BigSte

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27th May 08 at 10:51

the guy who did my grass quoted £2141 for the fencing..... when I priced up the parts it come out around £1300.

Can't afford £2k at the minute so just getting half done this year and half next year!

harrisp

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1st Jun 08 at 13:49

quote:
Originally posted by BigSte
the guy who did my grass quoted £2141 for the fencing..... when I priced up the parts it come out around £1300.

Can't afford £2k at the minute so just getting half done this year and half next year!

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Thats fucking cheap, he cant be making much profit at all.

It works out at about £50 a bay and decent panels are about £25 each trade so plus posts and gravel boards, unless its all wooden posts etc.

Try getting a quote around winter time as people dont want as much work done and all fencing/landscaping companies drop their prices quite a bit