When asked what people are looking for when it comes to tackling the landscape remodel, most people respond with low-maintenance and when it comes to ground cover, few things are as low maintenance as artificial turf. Advancements in turf tech have come a long way from the classic green carpet days, so today I’m gonna show you how you can install a beautiful artificial turf lawn at your home.
This one is pretty difficult because it’s a pretty labor-intensive installation and requires some specialty tools depending on your application. This is one of those rare instances where I’ll say that this isn’t really a pure DIY job, meaning that it’s not really something I recommend doing on your own. That’s not to say it can’t be done, as you’ll see, but at least having several people available to help you will make your life so much easier.
If your installation is over an existing lawn area, your first step will be to kill the existing lawn and remove as much of it as possible. If you have a solid base to work from and want to skip ahead over the next part, I’ll leave a timecode link down below to take you to the next steps. If you need to fill and grade the area like I do, I’ll show you how you can do that now.
One of the most important steps is making sure the area is graded properly and what that means is that it’s sloped properly for adequate drainage. In this case, I worked with my building transit to create a grading map of the area. The transit allows you to set a level point of reference so you can measure the elevation differences across your area to create a grading map.
