If I put wooden squares on grass what's the worst that will happen?

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New house, moved in Oct, current patio doesn't get the evening sun. Don't want to spend 000s this year on any project.

If I bought those wooden squares and just put them on the grass for this summer (so my patio furniture doesn't sink) what's the worse that will happen?

There's no way I can "lay a simple substructure" etc. But I could spare 40 quid for some squares.

Has anyone ever done this for a summer?

The worst?

The grass will die and when it rains the wood will sink into the ground and the lawn will be completely trashed. Other than that…

If we have another summer like the last few, the ground will be too hard for furniture to sink in. I wouldn't bother.

The "lawn" is mostly moss and weeds and I'll get it re-turfed when funds allow. The furniture is the Aldi rattan stuff with the adjustable bits on the bottom that will dig into grass/soil.
I'm thinking I'll go for it. I want the sun lol!!

Would a cheap outdoor rug work instead? I think wooden squares will not lay flat and people will trip.

Ant nests under the wooden squares.

You can take a rug up occasionally to keep the grass alive

The grass will die and the wood will get mouldy.

If it really really rains for a few days in a row you might want to move the furniture onto the patio to let everything dry out a bit. Otherwise I don't think there's much danger of anything sinking.

the IKEA ones have a snap on border so will sit as one whole unit.
sounds like a good plan.

Go for it, grass is a weed and will grow back anyway.

The grass will die underneath the wood.

The grass will die, the wood will rot, creepy crawlies will nest underneath. Wood lice and slugs will love it. If you are happy with that see if anyone on local freecycle has some odd paving stones going spare.

The grass will come back. I had a massive pool on mine for 4 months last year and the grass started coming through again within a week of it's removal!

Do you have enough space to move the squares & furniture occasionally so that the grass gets a break?

Something like this? You can get quite small holes. You should be able to reseed the grass next year, or you could move them about regularly.

Moss lawns can be no maintenance & really beautiful. I'd research before getting it returfed. Cheaper, too.

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What about this , the floor would have to be flat ( ish) but they wouldn't rot and look light enough to move easily when needed .

Creepy crawlies is exactly what I hadn't thought about.
Liking the rug idea though. Especially as Asda and Morrison's have got them in stock atm.
Neither me or my car are in a position to carry slabs around sadly.

Look on Freecycle for some paving and pop that down, level the lawn with some sand first, just filling any holes etc.. That would be a cheap temporary fix and you could lift them later and rake up the sand if you want the lawn back.

Uh, I'm sorry I didn't read your last post properly, I see that's not an option for you. My bad.

Why not get some of those little cups that go under sofa or piano legs, to protect carpets? They would spread the weight and stop the furniture sinking in

Maybe a combo of outdoor rug and furniture 'cups' is the answer?

Just move them when you want to use them and put them back on the patio afterward?