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Caring for your lawn - Level A Site For A New Lawn
LEVEL THE SITE You will need the following tools to level a site:
Where levelling is required to a depth of more than 5cm (2ins), remove
the top soil from the area to be levelled and store it temporarily
elsewhere in the garden.
With the top soil removed, roughly estimate which areas are peaks and
which are troughs. Gradually move the peaks of soil into the troughs
using a spade. When this is done, and the level is roughly correct,
replace the top-soil. Allow the soil to settle for a week or so.
Finally, to ensure the surface is as level as possible, use the pegs,
board and spirit level over areas of 4 metres (12 foot) square as shown
in the diagram below. Add or remove soil from between the pegs until the
soil surface is level with the painted line on each peg. Placing the
spirit level on top of the board will ensure that that the top of the
pegs is level.
Level A Site For A New Lawn
A
minimum of 9 pegs are required. Each is marked with a painted line
10cm (4 inches) from the top of the peg (see picture on
left). 
One
spirit level is required, ideally about 30 cm (1 foot) long.
One
straight edged board is required about 2.2 metres (7 feet) long.
Name: AD Lloyd
E-mail: Private
Date posted: May 10, 2011 - 05:19 am
Message: Where can I buy the 1" square wooden pegs as illustrated in the diagram, for the purposes of levelling soil? I look forward to your reply asap. Thanks.
Name: stuart
E-mail: stuart@bluebeen.co.uk
Date posted: January 21, 2011 - 04:48 am
Message: I have a lawn that slopes from one corner to opposite corner by 6-8". After removing the turf and top soil as you described would i just by in some low grade soil to raise the level and then put the top soil and turf back or should i use loam, sand etc to get the level up?
Name: Chris
E-mail: normanchris@btconnect.com
Date posted: August 03, 2010 - 10:50 am
Message: If your area to seed/turf over is big, rotovate the soil into a fine state. Next construct a leveler which consists of 3 9x2 planks on edge to form an H shape. Cut the corners off the leading edges and attach a rope to the "Cross-bar" timber. Diagonal brace bars strengthen the leveller. Drag it round and it consolidates as well as levels. Roll and use the leveler again and again.