Once you’ve established the proper grade and compacted the base, you can roll out the turf and cut it to the proper size using a utility knife or a turf cutting tool. Be sure to cut the turf slightly larger than the area that you’re installing in that way you can trim off any excess later on and ensure complete coverage. If your area is larger than the turf roll, you’ll need to seam the turf, which I’ll show you how to do shortly.
Getting the turf into the installation area, was a little tricky and where I definitely could have used an extra set of hands to move. So, once I had the piece cut and rolled out in the area, that’s when I realized my base preparation wasn’t going to work because I could feel all the little bumps and stones and stuff caused by the larger aggregate. So, what I ended up doing was scrape back a little bit of the fill and skreeted a thin layer of sand on top to create a very flat, nice, soft surface if I were to do it again I would use a decomposed granite base for the final few inches of fill.
Now to seam the pieces together I ripped another strip of the turf paying close attention to make sure that the fibers were oriented in the same direction and then aligned the edges along with the other piece. Once I made sure the pieces lined up properly, I used a few landscape spikes to hold the pieces in place and folded open the seam.
Next, I rolled out some turf seam tape and staked it in place along the length of the seam. Now I don’t recommend you buy these cheap landscapes staples off of Amazon unless you want to waste half of them by bending them. I’d recommend just buying 6-inch galvanized landscape spikes.
