Artificial turf in Sandy

That combination leaves most Sandy lawns patchy in the same three places every year. We replace the grass with turf that stays even from the shade under the trees to the strip along the driveway.

The east side of Sandy climbs toward the Little Cottonwood bench, and yards up there sit on a grade. We build a stepped base on a slope and pin the turf on tighter centers so runoff from a spring melt cannot lift an edge.

Plenty of Sandy homeowners are renovating rather than building. A turf lawn goes in alongside new curbing, a paver patio or a fresh planting bed, and it is the piece that still looks new in ten years.