Hi all
I stripped off the turf from the back and front lawn yesterday with a turf stripper ready to lay down new turf in about two weeks maybe.
I have woken up today after the rain and can see pools collecting in the dips on the earth........doesn't look toooo bad
We never really had any problems with drainage...i've never seen any surface water....were doing this as there were lots of hollows and bumps and loads of weeds and couch grass in the turf we had. It was pretty grim
Anyway my question really is do you think that adding new top soil to these hollows will sort this issue some wot??? Possibly adding some sharp sand?
We haven't yet turned the soil over to get some air in so that may help also.
The soil is compacted and there is some clay further down
I was originally thinking of a soakaway however thats unlikely to be of use due to the clay layer being the barrier
Any thoughts advice would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
I stripped off the turf from the back and front lawn yesterday with a turf stripper ready to lay down new turf in about two weeks maybe.
I have woken up today after the rain and can see pools collecting in the dips on the earth........doesn't look toooo bad
We never really had any problems with drainage...i've never seen any surface water....were doing this as there were lots of hollows and bumps and loads of weeds and couch grass in the turf we had. It was pretty grim
Anyway my question really is do you think that adding new top soil to these hollows will sort this issue some wot??? Possibly adding some sharp sand?
We haven't yet turned the soil over to get some air in so that may help also.
The soil is compacted and there is some clay further down
I was originally thinking of a soakaway however thats unlikely to be of use due to the clay layer being the barrier
Any thoughts advice would be greatly appreciated
Thanks