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How long would it take one person ( reasonably fit) to lay 7500sqft of sod

How long would it take one person ( reasonably fit) to lay 7500sqft of sod


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How long would it take one person ( reasonably fit) to lay 7500sqft of sod

Referencing this post: https://www.lawnsite.com/threads/how...-of-sod.25180/

The numbers seem all over the place. I need to resod my backyard. I am having trouble finding help, and I am thinking worst case scenario, if I did it myself, can i get it done in two days? What if I at least had one helper, then how long?

I have a double gate fence, about 9ft wide, so i can have the pallots dropped spread out in the area where sod is needed.
 
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Old 09-21-17, 11:59 AM
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You'll probably get a better answer from one of our lawn pros, but by my guesstimate 30-35 hours. Half that with a helper. Think you've got a few days work at least.
 
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With the quotes for install I have gotten, that will be my motivation to push through it. Two 10hr days I can handle. I think anything more I would just hope with cooler weather I could spread out to a third day without jeopardizing the sod rolls.
 
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Is the site being prepared in advance with rototilling, fertilizer, and leveling ?
 
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Yes, that will be done a week prior.
 
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I could name that tune in 68 hours; but not continuous.
 
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My son and I just layed 200 yards at the entrance to our sub and we only had to move the sod from the trailer to the bare spot and that took us about an hour total.

Laying the sod is easy, having all the pallets in the right spot is the hard part so you dont have to move it!

7500 sq ft is only 833 sq yards, when I did my front yard 10 years ago I put down 1000 yards and that took most of the day!
 
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@Vermont That seems like a really long time. How not continuois you talking?
 
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@Marq Thank you. I feel I can handle it, but having never laid sod and having to install right away, I dont want to assume anything.

This summer alone, i installed an above ground pool on a slope so had to excavate 2ft down on the high side, with bobcat thankfully.. but, i put up a retaining wall and pick axed in clay an additional foot down for base, widened the pool hole for wall, shoveled and wheel barrowed 10 tons of rock, dug a 100ft trench for french drain, relocated a few tons of excavated dirt using wheel barrow.

So physical exertion i can handle thankfully..
 
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Originally Posted by Eaglei22
". . . That seems like a really long time. How not continuous you talking? . . ."
Could be; but the monotony would slow me down after 3 or 4 hours.

If I were doing it for myself, I would break it up into 2 or 3 weekends, and proceed in a leisurely manner.

And if I were working for someone else, it would depend a lot on how much they were paying me, and how nice and tight they expected those rolls to be positioned.
 
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I would hire 2 day workers for 2 days.
 
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@Vermont, im getting paid a lot doing iy myself lol. I was quoted $5600 just for labor to install the sod. That's after i said i am prepping the yard for the sod, and purchasing the sod. Im in the wrong business.
 
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@Donato i thought about that, haven't done though ever. Where do you find day workers, home depot?
 
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These days, it's Home Depot. At one time, they were at Dunkin' Donuts. There is a corner everywhere. You just have to find it.
 
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Is the unskilled day labor also going to be responsible for setting the sod with a lawn roller and watering it in ?
 
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If those guys know anything at all, it's certainly landscaping.
 
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I was quoted $5600 just for labor to install the sod.
Seriously? That cant be correct, that's $6.72 a yard to install? I just bought sod and it was $2.19 a yard picked up.

Are we talking 7500 sq yards or 7500 sq ft (833 sq yards)??
 
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Eaglei22 : Please post back after the job and let us know how the time expenditure went. Curious who would be closer, me or Vermont.
 
 

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