How much does sod installation cost in North Texas?

Sod is priced by the square foot, and the number you get depends far more on what has to happen before the sod goes down than on the grass itself. Here's how we build a sod quote, so you can compare ours to anyone else's.

The four parts of a sod price

1. The sod. Bermuda is usually the least expensive per pallet, St. Augustine costs more, and zoysia costs the most. A pallet covers roughly 400 to 500 square feet depending on the farm.
2. Removal. Stripping a dead lawn or weeds and hauling it off is often the biggest variable. A bare builder lot costs nothing to strip. A thick, weedy old lawn costs real labor and dump fees.
3. Grading and soil. Fixing low spots, building fall away from the foundation, and adding compost or sandy loam where the clay is hard.
4. Access and size. Small backyards with a 3-foot gate take longer per square foot than open front yards. Very small jobs carry a minimum.

Rough ranges

As a rough 2026 estimate for our area, installed sod commonly lands somewhere around $1.50 to $3.50 per square foot all-in. The low end is Bermuda on an open lot with little prep. The high end is zoysia, or a full tear-out with regrading. Treat that as a sanity check, not a quote: your yard gets an itemized number.

How to compare quotes

• Is old grass removal included, and is it hauled off?
• Is any grading or soil included, or is sod laid straight on what's there?
• Square footage measured, or guessed?
• Who waters it the first week, and do you get a schedule?

A quote that's half the others almost always skips prep, and that's why so much sod around here shrinks and dies the first summer. See our sod installation or get a measured quote.

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