We put a really large section down with it a few years back. They came in with a digger and shaved off the top layer of the existing turf, leveled and laid the ready lawn. Looked great to begin with but looked very average within 4 months or so. Long term was rubbish really.
I'd use it if I was trying to sell a house and needed something in place quickly. At all other times, ie if you have time on your side, you may well be better with sewing your own seed.
The exception may be for a particularly difficult area such as a damp/shaded area etc, but then lawn may not be the best solution long term there either.
Got approx 350m2 off Trademe when we had our house built 5 years ago.
Had got a contractor to roughly level the area first, followed by a sand layer, which we then rolled.
Radylawn rolled out over this full area by 4 of us in an afternoon - watered as needed.....
and......
Lawn has been great, established quickly, nice and lush in wetter months, but hardy enough to live through last years drought, despite the fact we couldn't really water it as we are on roof water tanks.
Lawn bounced back over the autumn/winter, nice and lush now - went for a rye mix as it is nicer underfoot than the fescue.
(Some minor spot weeding needed - but i guess this is to be expected....)
Ready lawn can be just as good as seed. Its how you look after it. I hear of so many people who put it down and it looks good for a month then dies. This is not the grasses fault.
keriboi: Ready lawn can be just as good as seed. Its how you look after it. I hear of so many people who put it down and it looks good for a month then dies. This is not the grasses fault.
There's actually a little bit more to it than that. The preparation of the base layer contributes to it's long term ability to survive in it's new environment, and any weeds etc underneath have a habbit of coming up through the lawn again. It's not as if you're limited to just what arrives with the new lawn.
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