Look through our gallery and most of the lawns run up to a pool or a patio. It is the install homeowners ask for most, and it is also the one where the edge does most of the work. Here is what changes when turf meets water.
The cut is the finish
A pool deck is the hardest edge a lawn can meet. Custom cutting handles intricate cuts around stones, trees and curved beds with tight fits and minimal gaps, and the same technique runs the turf to the coping. Precision cutting around hardscaping is the fifth of our six installation steps, and it is the difference between a lawn that looks built in and one that looks laid on top.
Drainage has somewhere to go
Splash-out from a pool lands on the lawn all summer. The base underneath is compacted Flex Base topped with decomposed granite, a stable foundation that remains fully permeable, and the sub-base is precision-graded so water flows away from the house. The turf drains through; the base takes it from there. One Little Elm customer put it simply: the turf drains perfectly after rain and always looks freshly cut.
What to keep off it
Avoid leaving heavy items, like inflatable pools or furniture, in one spot for too long, as this causes severe matting. Loungers move; a paddling pool that lives on the same patch all July will leave a mark that power brooming has to lift out.
Which line
A pool surround is a lawn line, walked on barefoot: Estate 84, The Reserve or Signature 50, all with a 15-year material warranty. A Southlake customer described the result as an outdoor entertainment space that looks like something out of a magazine, a flawless surface that complements the pool and patio. The three lawn lines are compared, with their specifications, on the turf range page.