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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:51 pm
by rjw2
Whats the best way to remove the lawn, spade, cut and lift, Or weedkill and then remove 50 mill or so of soil prior to gravelling. Any thoughts, as a turf striper is to expensive for the area, and just thought the weedkill method whould be easier and less rubbish to shift. 
About 50 sq metres
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:46 pm
by Tony McC
I'd strip the turf and then stack it to may a loam bank. Simply poisoning the ground may seem easy, but it leaves you with an organic-rich upper layer that will probably cause problems with the gravel covering in the medium-term.
And what's the gravel for? Is this just a decorative area or is it to be a hard-standing? If you're planning on it being a hard-standing, you need a sub-base, so you've no real option other than to excavate to formation level.
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:11 pm
by rjw2
A decortive area, I thought It would have killed the roots so as not to cause future problems, and Ive no room for a soil bank, I`d have to skip it....... ??? Might have to get the spade out then 
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:28 pm
by danensis
Just stack the turves up on the edge of the pavement, and someone will liberate them PDQ.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:48 pm
by essexpaver
have a look on www.hss.co.uk i found there turf cutters very fast and easy to use 