Hi all, I'm preparing to lay new instant lawn in the Manukau region. I'm going for FINE RYE FESCUE / FINE FESCUE.
I spoke to a landscaper friend who recommended installing an irrigation system. Had a good look at Bunnings and Mitre 10 but they really don't have any experience and products for sale are limited.
I'm actually leaning towards a drip feed system rather than a sprinkler system. Although pop up sprinklers seem like a cool idea (but rather expensive) I like the idea of sub surface irrigation. My current pick is leeaky hoses : http://www.hunkin.co.nz/leeaky.html
My lawn is narrow and long rather than one large patch of grass.
As way of further background, the lawn when we moved in recently had little to no grass the earth was packed down hard as rock and it was weed filled. I've sprayed the lawn twice with weed killer, removed the dead weeds and tilled the soil by hand. I've removed and discarded an inch or two of soil and intend to put down 20mm of weed free top soil before laying the lawn.
My plan is to lay irrigation pipes then pour the new topsoil before laying the new lawn.
Would appreciate any advice/pro tips.
Many thanks!
PS: I'm going to use this thread as an online memory tool/resource by posting information/links etc as I conduct my research