[TomSpasm]

Originally Posted by Wondering

Stay away from St. Augustine. It's a weed and takes more water and susceptible to chinch bugs. Go with Zoysia grass. It takes less water, looks better, easier to cut and reminds me of northern type grasses.

Had St. Augustine for 27 years in Florida (St. Pete and Sarasota), always had a nice looking yard. Bought a house here in 2011 with Zoysia, was told it was more drought tolerant. Worst lawn I've ever had, by a mile. If you look at the yards up north by Lopez and Glenview w/St. Augustine, they all look way better than any of the zoysia lawns, which I believe is why they went back to St. Augustine in the newer areas (I was told).

[Fenster]

I’d be afraid of my neighbors’ lawn encroaching on a new sod job.

[Babubhat]

30 days on sod. The warranty patch was no better

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by djlnc

Our back yard in Richmond is like a little mountain range with lots of hills and valleys. They did a rather pathetic job with the sod. I really would like to have a smooth yard, but I don't want to go through the expense and aggravation of having it done and not see a real improvement. Have any of you gone through this process (with success)?

I level it myself........(the yards are so small) then I just throw seeds down - works for me.

[mkjelenbaas]

No I don’t but thanks for asking.

[Travelhunter123]

Originally Posted by djlnc

Our back yard in Richmond is like a little mountain range with lots of hills and valleys. They did a rather pathetic job with the sod. I really would like to have a smooth yard, but I don't want to go through the expense and aggravation of having it done and not see a real improvement. Have any of you gone through this process (with success)?

This may sound as though I am joking, but I am not
I hired a landscaper with a heavy duty steam roller
It flattened the ground and did not kill the lawn
In the bigger depressions I filled them with top soil before he rolled
Fixed the problem

[Altavia]

Toilugh time of year to establish did.

New sod need to be watered heavily the first few weeks.

The Scotts ProVista they use is about as good as you can get for Florida..

[patn61]

Originally Posted by djlnc

Our back yard in Richmond is like a little mountain range with lots of hills and valleys. They did a rather pathetic job with the sod. I really would like to have a smooth yard, but I don't want to go through the expense and aggravation of having it done and not see a real improvement. Have any of you gone through this process (with success)?

We used Allen Sod to do about 1,000 sf about 1 year ago. All is good today.
Allen's Sod Service, Inc.
352-245-8971

[djlnc]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

I had a similar problem and pointed it out during the walk-through. The warranty department took care of it, and they did a pretty good job. I don't know how long the warranty is good for as I caught this right away.

Interesting. I called the warranty dept and a guy was here today to look at it. Gave me the story of how carefully they level and roll everything. Said it would fill in with time. Said the 1 foot drop over the 4 feet from the veranda wall to the drain was required grading. Said if they redid the sod for me I would be the first one. Someone's not telling the truth, and I don't suspect you. :>)