Sod installation in Greenville and Simpsonville, SC
Ground preparation, grading and new sod. The prep is most of the job, and it is the part that decides whether the lawn takes or not.
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Sod is the easy part
Laying turf takes a day. What decides whether it is still there in two years is everything that happens before the first roll goes down: killing off what was there, stripping it, correcting the grade, breaking up compacted clay and getting the soil right.
Sod laid on unprepared ground looks perfect for about three weeks. Then it dries out at the seams, roots shallowly, and by the following summer it is thinner than the lawn it replaced.
How we do it
- Kill and remove the existing turf and weeds so nothing comes back up through the new lawn.
- Correct the grade: away from the house, no low spots left to collect water.
- Break up compaction and amend the soil, because roots do not go into hard clay.
- Lay the sod tight, seams staggered, cut cleanly to beds and hard edges.
- Roll and water in to get root contact with the soil underneath.
- Give you a watering schedule and tell you honestly what happens if it is not followed.
Which grass, and why it matters here
The Upstate sits in the transition zone, which means both warm and cool season grasses can grow here and neither is perfect. Fescue stays green through winter and handles shade, but struggles in a hot dry August. Bermuda and zoysia love the heat and go dormant and brown in winter, and they want sun.
The right answer depends on how much sun the yard actually gets, whether it is irrigated, and whether you would rather have green in January or green in July. We will tell you what will work on your property rather than what is on the truck.
Watering is on you, and it is the whole game
New sod needs a lot of water for the first two to three weeks, then progressively less as it roots. This is the single most common reason a sod job fails, and it is why our one-year workmanship warranty covers installation-related failures only: the turf itself is not warranted against drought, neglect, over- or under-watering, disease, insects or weather.
If the property has no irrigation, that is worth solving before the sod goes down rather than after.
Sod and the rest of the yard
A new lawn is often the last step of a bigger job. If water pools where the sod is going, drainage comes first. If the ground is rough or overgrown, that is clearing and grading. And once it is in, keeping it is weekly lawn care.
What customers say
“They came out and did the sod job the next week after I accepted, they did an amazing job and the sod came in way better than I would have thought.”
Ethan Westra, Google review
Where we install sod
Greenville, Simpsonville, Five Forks, Mauldin, Greer, Taylors, Fountain Inn, Travelers Rest and Powdersville. Larger installations take us further out, including Spartanburg.