How to lay Sod 101 DIY 

You made the leveling look easy; it is not. I'm a 29 year old new homeowner doing my yard myself, and videos like this are very helpful. Thank you for contributing to the knowledge database so that folks like me can save tons of money and get an excellent product to enjoy for years to come!

I like the idea of using a worn in steel trowel as a tool for cutting the sod. You have a lot of efficient tips and tricks. Thanks for the knowledge Mr. Odell

When a concrete company does sod installation better than half the subs I’ve worked with 😂

Your skills, quality, and experience are impeccable. I wish others had your passion and ethics. I do most things myself as I can’t seem to find contractors that meet my expectations. I wish you were local. Great job Sir.

Any home owner would greatly appreciate all the care you took into the job

I am a professional landscape contractor here in Illinois. I know how to install sod and everything but i just like watching your videos

Your crew is the best. Your sod installs come out as perfect as your concrete work.

I been watching a lot of your videos lately. I had concrete poured and your videos helped me understand the process. I am laying down sod this weekend myself also. You and your crew obviously care about your profession.

Looks good David, it's very clear that you're old school and not a start up.

Attention to detail. Very nice lawn.

This is how I want to execute my project. Great job!

I think you should name ur company , complete construction 🚧.... you know so much mr. Odell

If ever there was a master craftsman, Dave is he. Great work, showing your range. I like the sod staggering technique.

impressive...attention to detail is everything!

I took a sod job never have laying the stuff before.. I watched this and the guy thinks I’ve done it my whole life. Thank you sir.

Thank you. We are experiencing someone who is doing an absolute horrible job on our sod. Broke our sprinkler. Left grass and weeds along the edge. So much more. We are now stuck with sprinkler companies “winterizing” and can’t get someone out to fix it. Such a great job!

As all other videos - excellent! I don't think I know any other chanel on RU-vid about concrete that offer the same level of details on all covered topic. Thank you ones again for sharing your knowledge and experience.

Love the pre-work. Like most jobs the prep makes or breaks it.

Nice job with this. I'm NOT a professional, a total amateur and this felt easy enough to follow. Thanks!

Number one rule for laying Sod ,,,,, " Green Side Up " LOL...!!!!! You do Great work My Friend ,,, Have a " Happy New Year " to You , Your Family and Friends...!!!!!

Looks great! I’m sure it seems simple to you guys but always amazes me how well you level grade, you can really see it when the video is sped up. You make it look easy man! Happy New Year!

Excellent video - very through explanation of laying sod including why you are doing each step - very helpful. My sod is being delivered in a couple of days and this is a big help getting me ready - thank you!

Hello from Victoria Australia, looks a million, love the steps, you put in a lot of effort,worth it,good job.

For the times I did this I used a serrated knife to cut. Prep is everything!

Seriously Stud, you have to post these non-concrete related general contracting videos more and more. The extent of your vast knowledge is freakin unreal! Keep up the great work you and your family do day in day out! Happy 2018! Now lets get it on!!

I'm a landscaper and have to say very professional work

Excellent job, as always!!!

Finally I see a real pro.good job guys ..👍

Nice job with the concrete and the lawn too. Really like the combinatin of the green lawn and terracotta concrete. It adds a lot to the landscape. Greets from Slovenia.

Great job. I can tell you have a Love for what you do.

Awesome job. Looks wonderful.

Well the major part of a good concrete job is ground prep...specially leveling (and framing) Therefore i think concrete workers are perfectly skilled and trained to adapt to lay down sod nicely

I have Marathon as well. Great turf! Kids play on it and everything. No complaints! 👌

i like ur management and style system of working

Love the beginning of that song already like the video. Only the beginning is the best part whole song. We east Indians love old school rock

Aaaaaaah. Another great video. Makes me wanna go lay some sod in my front yard now. LOL.

A trick my uncle taught me was to water the soil once you have removed all grass and are ready for sod so that the weed will grow and show them self, you water the soil for a couple days and let a week go by and you will have a ton of weed grow. Once that happens you kill them with roundup and the you lay your topsoil and so on, just helps with the weeds growing through your grass.

Very very good job guys. And really good work ethics. So many places that I would have had to cut corners but you guys did a very thorough job without any corners cutting or shortcuts.

Awesome job as always David! I love how the lawn and the concrete turned out. Especially the smooth edging on the sidewalk :)

Excellent results and a very relaxing video to watch, I didn't "break a sweat"! When you started laying the sod you were doing a great job (on the entire job). I thought, he is in the concrete business, maybe he is going to "post tension" this sod....lol! ....13

Nice Dave ! I look to all your concrete pour videos for terrific content and was happy to see this installation in your available library. One thing I do on sod installations is to oversees my joints. The conditions are ideal for the seed growth and you’re already doing the watering schedule. It just tightens the job up a bit .

My man 👍

Looks amazing… great video of the process unlike the other videos on RU-vid that guys doing sod wanna keep the camera in their face instead of on the work

I've always run a roller across it after I put it down to make sure it's got good contact with the dirt below. I guess I never smoothed it out that much ahead of time though. Should make a really nice lawn.

My sons love your videos! They ask for "cemento" videos by your name: "El David Odell ".

One trick for laying sod... using a thin auger to drill 1-2 foot deep holes and back filling with compost and sand mixture. This lets grass roots to grow down to considerable depth. Sand improves drainage and helps replicate Mediterranean soil conditions if if you live out west.....

Looks like carpet nice job and the coloured concrete you did there looks like its drying out nice to

Thank you!! Cool video. Well explained. Keep up the good work 👍

Great video. I don't work in construction & have no impending projects but I do look forward to you posting a new video. I find them very relaxing, especially in the evening with a glass of something.

Nice job Dave.

Can I add sod over several inches of sand?

great video, good to see someone laying sod while at my house its snowing and -5 degrees

Excellent Job

Liked the video as soon as I heard "Layla"

Sir I come here for concrete. I DO NOT EVER Want to see you lay sod! Lol great as always

What a nice job

Awesome video thank you for sharing your time

How many inches should dirt be below concrete before laying sod?

Is there anything you don't do perfectly and beautiful you are amazing 💗

I live in Florida. Bought my house in 2015 and I've done a lot of upgrades. My yard is in the process of getting new sod soon. I'm doing it myself. All I can say is eventually I'll be cutting luscious St Augustine grass instead of all this nasty mixture of native invasive trash grass/weeds that grows when not taken care of. My wife hates that I spend money on something she'll never understand will make me happy

Job well done 👍

great vid, put in my sod watching this

Great video, thanks for the information!!!!

There are still Americans who know what the word quality means, these jobs may seam small but our homes are where we live and its a big deal how they are treated, a dead on the nuts job well done.

What a job this size pay for all these steps

Good job.. Thank you.

How many square feet was it and how How much did you charge? I have a job coming up for 500 ft.² and I’m wondering how much I should charge? The cost of the materials was just under $500

Great intro music! Great video! Thanks.

Nice and clean 🧼

First and foremost I want to wish you and your family a very blessed happy New Year so let me get into what I was going to explain to you Uncle David I was always taught from my grandfather when you lay down sod to not leave a gap between the sod and my grandfather always told me when you lay down the side to roll a water roller across the lawn so that way the roots will grab onto the dirt quicker now everyone's different don't get me wrong and I'm not trying to say you did not do a good job but I'm just giving you a word of advice from an old-timer that knows and my grandfather was a carpenter in the Union for 37 years I'm talking about old school Carpenter he was the master Blaster from Lancaster will you take care and I'm hoping that you're going to have better and upcoming videos in the new year to come

great job

Looks awesome! Great tips as well.

Great video guys. Very helpful

Thanks for sharing .Great video !!

At 8:45 why is the sprinkler so far from the cement? Is it a good idea to throw down fertilizer before you lay down sod?

i had to sift through too many shitty RU-vidrs to get to a useful video. Thank you so much for this. Ive subscribed

Well done video. Installing st. Augustine this week as I live in Phoenix Arizona and my Bermuda doesn’t get enough sunlight in the summer time. IVE struggled keeping the grass green in the summer

Great info very informative Thanks.

Me and my dad usually check the sprinkler systems before we do anything then we secure the joints of the grass to make sure the roots bond together Edit: then we cut around valve boxes and the heads

Thank you! It was easy to follow

Great job. Jus this past week we installed new sod, and wen we were in the process i was thinking to myself, I wonder how odell would do it, and wuht do yu kno yu happen to upload this. Awesome

Well done

Might need to hire y’all to do my sod

I love it...you did really good!

Odell, the rake at 7:10 wanted to attack you, good catch though.

Green side up

looks great

Awesome job. Should've had you do all my concrete!!

How come those pieces of sod are so small ? When we do this its always in rolls that are like 40cm wide and 2-3m long.

Good Job .

When is it best to apply fertilizer? I see mixed reactions on this. Thanks!

A lot of landscape companies here in San Antonio are not doing round up anymore. That seems like great news, but will that cause more weeding problems or grass mix-ups in the long run?

Great job!❤

Boom! instant lawn. Thats how its done

Bravo! I noticed you didn’t have your guys lay the sod with their knees ON the Sod.

Bro that’s beautiful, I teach turf management and I like to use this as an intro to laying sod, bc you are thorough but not to detailed for a good overview

Love the videos mr odell....if you're using round up to kill the remaining grass wouldn't that pollute the soil in turn killing the new grass too?

Ours is on a hill. How fragile is the sod and after the ground is smooth is it anymore complicated than picking up and putting down?

What about the drum with water rolling over the installed sod?? Is that mandatory ?

Why no sand?