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i've pulled up patio slabs in my garden to lay lawn and the base is solid concrete can i still do it with top soil 1st then turf!

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my garden is 7.7m long and 5.5m wide i am a childminder and needed to change my garden which was all patio slabs to a softer surface preferably lawn i have started to remove the slabs which were 6" thick and there is a solid concrete base underneath can i put top soil over it and then still lay turf... please help!!!!




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No, definitely not, the grass will just die or go boggy and muddy. It's either drill up the concrete or use astroturf . Sorry, I know this isn't what you wanted to hear

14 Jun, 2009

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