AstroTurf to regular turf

[Littletinyraindrops]

Hi!

We've just bought a house and should be moving in within the next few weeks, but it has some very low quality artificial in the back garden.
We have a couple of rabbits who will be living in the garden, so we'd like to change the grass back to regular as I'm worried they'd end up trying to eat the artificial stuff, and get ill.
Do anybody know what the process is likely to be/how much it is likely to cost?
TIA

Depends how big the garden is :-)

Of course! Haha!

I've attached a couple of photos for length and width help if you have any ideas?

Mainly I'm just wondering how we'd do it. I've looked on the internet and it seems people all want it the other way around.

It’ll be laid a bit like a carpet. Probably pinned and glued down the joins and around the edges. Find an edge and pull it up - you may need some leverage. However it might be laid on top of concrete or paving?
Anyway underneath there is likely to be a weed membrane, maybe a shock absorbing pad, and potentially some hardcore. You’ll need to get to a surface on which you can chuck topsoil before turfing

ForEverlong

Thanks!
Looking at past pictures it used to be turfed so it's possibly just been put down once thats been taken up as opposed to concreted but that's good to know!

I'm just looking forward to getting in and getting rid of those gnomes tbh.

if it's been laid properly, there should be a 50mm layer of hardcore, followed by 25mm of sand, a membrane then the carpet.

Smashing!

So I'm guessing we'd have to remove it all, recover it in earth and then re-lay the turf?

Wow, they left the gnomes..... generous 😬

Yep, they've got bits missing too which add to their overall appeal haha!