About Ottawa Sod and Lawn Care - The Sod Boys
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Monday: 9AM - 6PM
Tuesday: 9AM - 6PM
Wednesday: 9AM - 6PM
Thursday: 9AM - 6PM
Friday: 9AM - 6PM
Saturday: 9AM - 1PM
Sunday: Closed
Ottawa Sod and Lawn Care - The Sod Boys are your trusted lawn maintenance specialists in the Ottawa region. They offer a wide range of services, including sod installation, grass seeding, lawn aeration, lawn maintenance, soil sampling, lawn repair, lawn fertilization, weed control, over-seeding, dethatching, insect and grub control, crabgrass control, soil rejuvenation, and soil topdressing. The Sod Boys' team of soil technicians utilizes the latest horticultural research to balance the chemical constituents of your lawn, ensuring the ideal growing conditions for a lush and beautiful grass. They have a personalized approach to lawn care, serving customers in Ottawa, Nepean, Kanata, Orleans, Stittsville, Manotick, Greely, and the surrounding area. Customers have praised The Sod Boys for their accurate and impeccable service, with one client expressing their desire to continue doing business with the company. Another client hired The Sod Boys to remove and replace their front lawn, hoping to eliminate a persistent sedge problem. While the job faced some unexpected challenges, such as mechanical issues with the trailer and a higher-than-usual amount of sedge in the lawn, The Sod Boys worked tirelessly to complete the task, even working late into the evening and through the rain. Despite the obstacles, The Sod Boys honored the original price quote and delivered a high-quality result. The client was satisfied with the work, although they wished they had the opportunity to discuss additional steps to address the sedge issue further. Overall, The Sod Boys have demonstrated their commitment to providing exceptional lawn care services to their customers in the Ottawa region.
I left a message on their website asking for a quote and I got a call within actual seconds. Pricing was very reasonable. Although the project was delayed a bit due to extreme heat, Nick and his team were extremely knowledgeable about lawn maintenance and did an excellent job correcting grading errors made by our pool company. Would definitely recommend!
Nick and his team did an excellent job and they were more than happy to honour my tight timeline. More impressive than that was the time Nick spent with me thoroughly explaining the the process and options to me before he started the job. The Sod Boys gave personalized service and since I was off-site they even sent me picture of their fantastic job after it was complete. I recommend their services without reservation.
I hired The Sod Boys to remove and replace my front lawn, hoping that would eliminate sedge that had taken over most of the lawn. Their price was 10% lower than the next lowest bid. Various issues arose beyond their control, causing them to delay my job by a day, and perform the work over 2 days instead of 1. They worked 2pm until 8pm the first day (it was dark by 6:30), and 1pm until 10pm the second day, laying sod in the rain to complete everything. In the end, they did a very good job, and honoured the price quoted (I had anticipated paying extra due to issue #2 below). Issue 1: The Sod Boys had mechanical problems with their trailer. They rented another to carry out this job, but this disrupted their original schedule. Issue 2: The lawn was more sedge than grass, which created a thick layer of rhizomes under the grass roots. Sedge cannot be controlled with herbicide anything that kills sedge also kills grass. What they removed was twice as thick, twice as heavy, and twice as tough as a usual removal. Their bobcat and their sod cutter both had trouble ripping through. This likely increased the removal time by 50%, and I suspect required an extra trip to dump. Issue 3: On the second day, the Queensway was closed and traffic was snarled across the city. A trip to empty the trailer took at least triple the usual time. My only reservation with the job is that my goal was to eliminate the sedge, which has gradually been taking over my lawn for several years. To be fair, none of the companies I spoke with had any experience with a job like this, nor could I find useful information online. I wanted to assess with The Sod Boys after the removal had been completed, but before spreading new soil and laying sod, whether anything else should be done to reduce the likelihood or severity of reemergence of the sedge (e.g. remove more dirt or hand-rake the dirt to extract more rhizomes). Unfortunately, the afternoon of the second day was hectic, and I got caught in traffic delays on my own errands, so there was no opportunity for an assessment.