it's important that your preparation is completed before your turf arrives in spring and summer turf must be unrolled immediately after delivery and within 24 hours in autumn and winter now we're ready to start laying the first turf ideally unroll the first turf along a straight edge or the longest border if you don't have a straight edge you can use a plank as a guide for your first row with circular lawns start in the middle and work your way out make sure the turf rolls are closely butted together always push the turf into a joint being careful not to stretch it and try to avoid having any gaps each row of turf should be laid offset in brickwork fashion staggering the joints like this minimizes the risk of the turf drying out it's important not to walk on freshly laid turf if you do need to cross a section use a plank to walk on if any gaps do occur between the turf you can fill them in with a light sandy topsoil now roland's turf and lawn seeding topsoil is ideal for this ensure firm contact between the soil and the underside of the turf by tamping down with the head of a rake or a piece of wood similar to this one of the best things about laying a lawn is watching it all take shape when you're laying a lawn it's highly likely you're going to come across some paths beds trees or like this a water feature so for this you can use either a long knife or a handsaw it's actually really easy to create a very neat edge finally where the outer edges of the turf are exposed put some soil on them to prevent them from drying out this can be removed after a few weeks for further information on lawn care and maintenance to receive free lawn care tips and to find your nearest role on stockists visit www.rolon.co.uk you