New Sod, Fence & Pathway — Creekstone, Calgary

The back yard had been left alone long enough that the weeds were over six feet tall — not a patchy lawn, a yard that had gone completely to seed. The old fence was on its way out too. The homeowner was also having a deck built as part of the same project and wanted the ground around and underneath it finished properly, not left as bare dirt.

Location & scope

Neighbourhood: Creekstone, Calgary
Services performed: Sod replacement, fence installation, stepping-stone pathway with Rundle rock border

The process

1. Clear. Stripped the six-foot weed growth and the lawn underneath it with the Bobcat MT100 — at that height the root mass runs through the whole yard, not patches you can spot-treat.
2. Demo old fence. Removed the old fence and hauled it out along with the weed debris.
3. Grade. Re-cut the grade across the cleared yard and shaped the ground under and around where the new deck was going in.
4. Fence. Set new posts below frost, concreted them, and built a fully new fence line.
5. Pathway. Laid a stepping-stone path with a Rundle rock border tying it into the beds.
6. Sod. Screened topsoil, then fresh #1 nursery sod across the rebuilt yard, tight seams, cut clean around the path and deck posts.
7. Finish. Coordinated timing with the deck contractor so the landscaping went in around their work instead of after it, full site clean-up, walkthrough.

Materials

• #1 nursery sod
• Screened topsoil
• Pressure-treated fence lumber
• Concrete (post footings)
• Stepping stones
• Rundle rock
• Commercial filter fabric
• Steel edging

Equipment

Bobcat MT100 track loader, dump trailer, auger, sod roller.

Result

A yard that was unusable under six feet of weeds is now new sod, a solid new fence, and a stepping-stone path with a clean rock border — and the ground around the new deck was finished instead of left as construction dirt.

FAQ

Could this lawn have been saved without a full replacement?

Not at six feet of growth. By that point the weed root mass runs through the entire yard, not patches you can spot-treat or overseed around — stripping it out and rebuilding from bare ground was the only real fix.

Did Local Lawns build the deck too?

No — the deck was built by a separate contractor as part of the same project. We handled the sod, fence, pathway, and grading the ground around and underneath it.

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