Ok can we appreciate how gorgeous this backyard is. So beautiful!

Hi Shaun thanks for making such a comprehensive video 👍 since watching your videos I've grown so much in confidence. That lawn will look great once established 😊

Amazing job Shaun cannot wait to see the results from your hard work 👍👊🤝and thank you 🙏

Brilliant video & step by step guide, thanks Shaun 💯

Thanks man! This is one of the best videos I've seen regarding leveling the soil.

Thanks for the tutorial

Well done Shaun. Very hard work bringing the levels up that much. The lute is one of my favourite tools but the hardest.

I got my area eye close with topsoil. Dragged a 2 by 4 across. Sprayed heavy water to compact it. Rolled and raked it the next day. Easy because it was still moist. Then seeded. No need for string. Close enough. I took the poor man’s way. 🥴 Great video!

nicely prepared mate👍brings back memories of when I used to do a lot of turfing & my OCD used to go through the roof when preping. just didn't know when to stop 😭😂

Great advice! 🎉 Thank you!

Such a lovely man. Thank you for your lovely advice. such a good video.

i needed this so much, got top soil coming next weekend!!

Looks like a good days work that. A job well done 👍😁💪

Thank you for this! I thought I would be fine without a roller, but seeing your video I think I may need it!! I have a hand tamper and that takes too long!

Great information and thanks for some new ideas sir!

A really instructive video. If we want a bowling green we know how to get one 😁 I now vote for Shaun as minister for leveling up 👍

Your videos are great mate!

Great job 👍.

Very useful thank you. The string line and bricks was a great idea

Thank you sir!

I can’t believe this is the video you’ve put out today! I’ve been killing my compacted & cracked clay lawn/weed garden for the last few weeks and I spend yesterday tilling to loosen the surface. Today is adding 4 tonnes of topsoil, and I’ve been wondering how to level it best! Thanks!

I wish i'd known about those rollers! I went and ordered a tamper yesterday, oh well, it'll be good exercise :)

19:52 I looked those up, Lolium Per = perennial ryegrass, Festuca Rub = red fescue. Good job.

A really in depth knowledge filled video that shaun, something different to the usual, scarify, overseed clips you see from other UK lawn youtubers. Nice one. P.S. still waiting on a video of your new LS45!

Really interesting and useful as always Shaun, thanks for sharing. Still experimenting here with some success and can see differences in the different approaches I try. But the lawns really need levelling. When my dad was around, the lawns here were like snooker tables but have been seriously neglected for 15 years since he became less able and passed away. Now I am here full time to care for my mum, I have some time to spare to have a go more regularly - not to his OCD standard, but just acceptable, level grass blades and minimal weeds. The clay lawn at the back (which I just blade scarified and didn’t weed treat first) is getting well aerated as it was full of dandelions and I have a Fiskar which I use every day. So it is now full of compost / seed filled holes at various stages of germination. 😁 It is a bit uneven and would benefit from a moderate top dress just to fill dips without raising it too much. So I think I will get some soil, a lute and roller and try to flatten it at some stage. The lawn at the front has fewer dandelions (I weed treated that one a few weeks before teasing in all directions with a power rake), much better draining soil (dad’s ex-showpiece, he fixed the clay) but has got very uneven over the years. It is probably gonna turn out to be a major topdress and overseed as it is that dippy now, but again avoiding raising the overall level. Just debating Spring or late Autumn to do it, mum needs a green lawn to look at in summer. The side lawn I didn’t touch, I just mow it frequently and see how it goes. It currently looks better than the others apart from dandelions, but green moss ridden clay lawns stripe quite nicely if you cut it short enough and I expect the others which are cut a bit longer to catch up as they recover. 😁 Hope your back is getting better. 👍

Hi Shaun, I am in the middle of seeding my first lawn from scratch and I was wondering how best to level the lawn for my customer. I search u tube and nothing was coming up until just now and I have to thank you most sincerely for a fantastic teaching with meets my every need. The lines are a game changer..

Love your content. I would have loved to see how to use a Spirit Bubble in the Lawn Leveling Process.

Cheers for this pal, i only have to level 12x12ft but still handy info. We just got our first house, it's a new build so it's all clay and rubble 6 inches down, i used a pickaxe to break it up. Subbed :)

wow, lots of hard graft in there. great results! maybe also you could try a chalk string line if you have surrounding borders. snap it against the wood then fill to the height marked.

Im going to give it my level best

Thanks Shaun. The price for all of this gear is unaffordable for me, but I enjoy watching and understanding what to do. I’ll just have to improvise with what I have got. I made a wooden lute and weighed it down with some weights and I pull it with a rope. Seems to work ok. Thanks again.

Great job

Interesting video, a hard day's graft in that. Thought when the customer went that far they would have sowed a dwarf rye for that closer greener cut. Whatever customers choice, I'm sure it's all looking fantastic by now and their delighted. A***

Another helpful video, thanks. Will try my own renovation in the autumn. What starter fertilizer do you use or recommend?

Hi there, Thanks so much for all the content! Is it possible/how would you go about flattening a lawn without taking it back to soil?

Amazing video Shaun. Such a big job. I will need to level exisiting lawn, about 80 sq metres so probably need a tonne of top soil then overseed and top dress . Does that sound ok . Thanks Shaun

Hello Shaun I’ve been watching some of your Videos lately and I’m really enjoying them as I’m in the process of sorting out my lawn…. I’ve have a really patchy areas after I put seeds down, how long after till do I plant new seeds to cover the bare spots? Thanks for advice

Thanks for the video mate, doing this project at home. Looking at lutes online. Which do you recommend? Many thanks

Hi Shaun , that did look like a hard days graft mate but worth it. Funny thing with grass seed, I put down an expensive seed on my main lawn 3 weeks ago and it is just about starting to show. I have a small lawn and just threw some seed I got from Wilko and guess what, that’s come up strong and a deep green colour 🙄Go figure that one . Great video 👍

That was a lot of work. Looking forward to seeing the progress. How many times a day and for how many minutes would put the sprinkler on after re seeding and top dressing. It's hard to find top soil and compost without any stones or hard lumps in. Thank you.

Hi Shaun. I haven't got a roller, but I have a manual lawn mower, which is quite heavy. Could I use this instead. Thank you.

Thanks for the video 👍🏻. Can I ask... I didn't see you use the "Field 4" compost on this job... Did you use it? Or did you mention it as a possible alternative to the verve etc? Thanks.

Great work! I've got a question, my garden is heavy clay soil and really bumpy, its quite raised up as well (sits above the paving slabs), am I better using an auger to drill some aeration holes in then trying to level it, or just take the turf out and lower the level to then top it up and make it level like you have here?

Hi, may garden soil is quite sandy. Could I lay turf straight on top?

I'm starting too feel like some Igor character asking his master for advice yet again 😂 I'm thinking of doing the exact same thing, but should I till the top soil in ? I own a tiller and really want to improve my clay soil

Hi I desperately need to level my existing lawn. I've recently killed a section to start again and need to level. I was thinking of using dried kiln sand. Would this work? Thanks

Hi Shaun, had a really bad mossy garden with big sods everywhere, got a guy to to skim about 4/5 inches off so it’s better but still stoney and poor quality soil... was going to top soil then lay turf on top.. any benefit to just seeding it like you do? Also is it ok to lay in autumn

Can I put top soil on my existing lawn and re, seed ?

I live in Lincolnshire, very clay soil here, can I spread topsoil mix right on top of clay ?

Hey. Would you ever put weed suppressant on top of the original soil before putting the top soil on? If not, why wouldn’t you do it? Thanks

whats the purpose of roller. I dont have one can i skip it, thanks

Hi Shaun, Thank you for the video. I have tried to level out my own garden but obviously it is nothing like yours! Since I last attempted leveling out the lawn, grass has inevitably grown. What should I do regarding the current lawn? Should I cut the grass first then start to level out the garden once again or should I completely get rid of the old lawn before hand? Carry on the good work!

1:24 None of the rental yards around me rent the Lawn Leveling Loop, I am surprised and they are mystified that I want one, they should have a Seeding DIY Equipment set, the rolling screen for peat moss, the round rubber drum for compacting the landscape rake and the Lawn Leveling Loop, they think I have a hole in my head when I ask for it.

How much did you charge for this job cause i got ripped off by a guy that charged me £640 and i had voids to fill in due to taking up a patio area that was to be turned into part of the lawn and he used peat and sand to fill it raked it about abit didn't compact it down then just layed turf on top it has sunk in areas and its bumpy and uneven everywhere and he's trying to say its because i have a crap lawn mower. For £640 i expected to have the old sandy soil raked across to the voided area then fresh top soil spreaded evenly . Because the one side was filled in with peat it grows twice as quick on one side. Also one of the grass species is yellow is this due to my lawn now being too acidic as it was already very sandy and now its had peat and more sand added to it. The guy travelled to york and paid £3.50 m2 for the turf and i had 36m2 and im guessing used about 2-3 tons of peat/sand combined so is £640 acceptable for this job? Everytime i call him i get the excuse of torrential rain so 3 months on of this excuse im guessing we'd be part of the sea by now 😂

A 'levelling lute' ? Where I live, the tractor man uses an old wrought Iron gate and drives it around the field. LOL An update please??? How does the law look now?

Hello guys I wonder if anyone can help me out with this question ?? I've just constructed a circular lawn which is 22 metres round, how many Square metres is it all in all ?? Please could someone calculate it for me ? I'm old and stupid. 😅 The wife told me too write the last bit 😢

I voted 🗳 Mike twelvepoint 🗳

It looks like your lawn was invaded by about 30 separate ant colonies. 😂

Do you have enough time to work between your vids? 🧐 😂

Brilliant video & step by step guide, thanks Shaun 💯