Sod installation in Los Angeles, for a real lawn
If part of your Los Angeles yard has worn down to bare dirt, we can bring back a real lawn with sod installation over ground we have checked. Call (310) 857-2520 and we will look at it on a free yard visit.
Book online and we'll call you back the same business day.
Look at where your grass gave up. It may be the corner by the gate where everybody cuts across, the strip along the fence where the dog runs, or the whole front lawn after one bad summer.
Sod is grass that has already been grown for you. It comes in strips that are laid over your ground like carpet, so you are not waiting on seed.
Which part of your lot is the lawn for?
We do not put sod wherever there was grass before. We walk the lot with you and tell you what we would put in each spot.
- The backyard where the kids play. Real grass is cool and soft to fall on, and this is where we would lay it first. If you are weighing artificial turf for the same patch, keep in mind that turf heats up on summer afternoons, so we'll tell you which spots catch that sun.
- The front lawn. If you want a green lawn from the street, sod gives you one. If you only walk on it to reach the mailbox, ask us about front yard and parkway planting too.
- The parkway. People step out of parked cars onto that strip, and it is hard to water without wetting the pavement. We would plant it or put down decomposed granite, and leave the sod for the yard.
- The corner in part shade. If seed and sod never filled in there, show us at the visit, before you pay for grass in that corner a third time.
If you are torn in one spot, ask us to price it more than one way. Sod has its own price on the one quote, so you can set it beside the others.
What we look at before any sod is priced
- What is on the ground now. It may be an old lawn, weeds or bare dirt. Whatever is there has to come out before new grass goes down, so we look at how much of it you have.
- Where the sprinklers reach. We run them and watch. A corner the water misses is the corner where new sod dries out first.
- How much sun the spot gets. Grass wants a good part of the day in the sun. If a tree or the house keeps yours in shade, we tell you at the visit.
If your sprinklers need work for the new lawn, it goes with the job. Drip or sprinkler changes come with any build that needs them.
One crew lead runs your whole job.
Whoever walks the lot with you at the free visit runs the build and the final walkthrough, and you get their direct number that day. A question about the slope or the side gate goes to the person who measured it.
Book online and we'll call you back the same business day.
- Free yard visit, booked within 3 business daysPaver and turf samples come with us.
- One quote with a price for each part of the yard
- Turf and planting priced side by side
- One crew lead, with a direct number
What laying it looks like, and what comes after
If you have never watched sod go in, the getting ready is most of the work. Once the ground is clear and smooth, the strips are set one against the next, and by the end you are looking at a lawn.
Once the last strip is down, the sod still has to root into your ground, and until it does it needs water much more often than a settled lawn.
If your sprinklers run on a timer, ask your crew lead what to set for those first weeks. If a strip starts to dry at the edges, tell them, and you have their direct number for that.
What it costs to lay sod
What you pay for the grass itself is one part of the cost to lay sod. If you want to guess at yours before we come, these are what move it.
- The size of the new lawn. We measure the spot at the visit.
- What has to come out. An old lawn takes more work than bare dirt.
- What the sprinklers need. That can be nothing, a few changes or a new system.
- The way in. We look at how the sod gets from the street to your backyard.
After you call
We come and walk the lawn with you, and your price comes by email within 1 business day of the visit. If you go ahead, we confirm the start date in writing.
Call (310) 857-2520, or book the free yard visit online, and tell us who uses the lawn and how the old one wore out.
We put in new lawns in Altadena, Anaheim, the San Fernando Valley and Pasadena.
The jobs we design and build.
- Front yard and parkway planting
- Patios and flagstone
- Artificial turf
- Pavers and walkways
- Walls and slopes
- Landscape design
- Landscape lighting for Los Angeles yards
- Outdoor kitchens for Los Angeles backyards
- A pergola or patio cover for your Los Angeles backyard
- Sprinkler repair and drip irrigation for your Los Angeles lot
Book one visit for the whole yard.
It's free, and you'll hear what we'd do in every part of it.
Book online and we'll call you back the same business day.