New Lawn Installation With Irrigation and Gopher Wire

Most people think putting in a new lawn is as simple as laying sod and watering it. But skip the prep work, and you end up with dead patches, uneven growth, and gopher damage that ruins everything you just paid for. The groundwork is what separates a lawn that thrives from one that barely survives.

Here's what we were working with - a bare front yard along a sloped driveway that needed a full start from scratch. Before a single piece of sod went down, we cleared and prepped the soil, then laid gopher wire across the entire area. That wire is a barrier that sits beneath the lawn and stops gophers from tunneling up and destroying the root system. It's one of those steps that's invisible once the job is done, but you'll be glad it's there.

We also put in the irrigation system before the sod ever touched the ground. Getting the water lines in first means even coverage from day one - no dry spots, no guesswork. Once the infrastructure was in place, we laid the sod and the results speak for themselves. Clean, green, and already looking established.

This is exactly what residential landscaping done right looks like. It's not just about the finished product - it's about building something that holds up over time. Lawn care that lasts starts with the decisions made before anyone even sees the grass.