Turfing questions, answered

Yes, completely free, with no obligation to go ahead.

Accept your quote and pay the deposit, which holds your date. It's from just £100 deposit and comes off your final bill.

Whatever's left is paid on the day we start work. The details are in our turf laying terms.

Yes. Pick A rental, Trade or Developer in the first section of the form. Trade and developers get a box for the company name.

Newcastle and Tyneside, from the city's western edge to the coast. That includes Whitley Bay, Tynemouth and North Shields, Wallsend and South Shields. See all areas.

Whatever your garden needs, listed part by part: old lawn removal, ground preparation, topsoil, the turf itself, laying and clearing the waste. Builders' rubble has its own price.

Most gardens are finished within a day. Big lawns or plots that need a lot of clearing take longer, and your quote will say so.

We don't lay turf on top of an old lawn. The old grass is lifted first so the new roots can reach good soil.

Usually, yes. Plenty of Tyneside lawns are reached from a back lane or through the house. Tell us on the form and we'll plan around it.

A single quality lawn turf that's hard-wearing, suits most gardens and copes well with pets and children.

Fresh turf is cut and rolled in the field, so the odd torn edge or split roll is normal. They knit together once laid.

Try to stay off it for two to three weeks. Light use after that is fine; save heavy wear for when it's well rooted.

Daily for roughly the first ten days unless there's been a proper soaking of rain, then fewer, deeper waterings. See our watering guide.

Normally two or three weeks after laying, when a gentle tug no longer lifts the turf. Our first mow guide covers it.