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How Much Does Lawn Aeration Cost?

Lawn aeration is a key ingredient needed to ensure your grass grows lush and green. For proper air flow, you need to schedule an aeration process.

How Much Does Lawn Aeration Cost?
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For your grass to grow into a thick, beautiful and healthy lawn, it needs a few key ingredients. Water and sunlight are both essential, but so is air. Without free passing air and oxygen, plants have a hard time converting the nutrients of the soil into energy to grow. The best way to do this is with a lawn aeration process. However, before you pick up the phone and bring in the professionals, you should have a better understanding of what this costs. There are only a few variations to consider, but you should still look into it to make sure you have it budgeted for accordingly.

How Much Does It Cost To Aerate a Lawn?

When it comes to the cost to aerate a lawn, it's always worth asking your service provider about the charges for these two influencing factors:

  • size of the property
  • added services

Lawn aeration involves perforating the soils surface with small holes to allow air, water and nutrients to penetrate the grass roots. Before you hire anyone for this job, we recommend you compare atleast 3 estimates from local contractors. This way, you get the best value for your money.

Size of the Property

This naturally is going to have the largest impact on how much you are likely going to pay for your lawn aeration service. The larger the property, the more expensive it is going to be. You should ask your service provider how they determine the cost, whether it is hourly or if it is by square footage.

Additional Services

Typically you don't have someone come out just to aerate your lawn. They are going to do a few different tasks at once. Lawn aeration is something that can be done simultaneously with other tasks, and combining two can be more cost effective. You can have the lawn fertilized and aerated at the same time. Having both jobs done can lower the price of each. If you plan on having your lawn aerated, you might as well have your service provider fertilize the lawn.

Cost Breakdown

The cost to aerate a lawn isn't terribly expensive. While it does depend on a few of the above variables, you can expect to spend around $100 for your lawn. On average, it can range between $100 and $200, and extremely large properties might push towards $400.

By aerating your lawn, you improve the chance of your grass growing thick and beautiful. Whether you want your lawn to be the pride of the neighborhood or you are just in favor of thick, lush grass, the aeration process will help ensure all of this and more. 

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