A lawn that takes, on ground that was ready for it.

What this covers

Most sod that fails did not fail as grass.

It went down on ground still compacted from the build, or on a grade that sent water to the wrong place, or without water reaching the far corner in the first three weeks. The grass was never the problem.

We treat the preparation as the job and the sod as the finish. The yard gets graded, the drainage gets settled, the irrigation gets run and tested, and then the grass goes down onto ground that will hold it.

This is as often one front yard as it is a whole property. We install sod across Seguin, New Braunfels, San Marcos, La Vernia, Marion, and Stockdale, on Guadalupe County clay that does not forgive a skipped step.

• Ground graded and prepared before a single pallet is delivered
• Compaction broken up where the lot was scraped during the build
• Drainage settled first, so water leaves instead of standing
• Irrigation run and tested before the sod goes down, when a system is part of the job
• Grass chosen for the sun, shade, and traffic the yard actually gets
• Seams cut in and rolled, edges finished against beds and walks
• A watering schedule for the first three weeks, written down