You pulled in the driveway after a week away and the lawn that was green when you left is brown from the sidewalk to the fence. We can be there in 3–7 days, tear out what cooked, and roll fresh sod so you are not living with a dead front until “next season.”

This is the trip hangover nobody plans for. The timer was off. A zone stuck. Somebody said they would water and did not. August in Osceola County does not wait. St. Augustine that dries out for several days in a row does not bounce back because you feel guilty and soak it now. If the blades pull up with no white roots, it is dead. Dead pads do not green up. They get replaced.

Walk it once before you call so you can tell us the truth. Is the whole front gone, or is it one dry zone? Are the seams crispy while the middle is still holding? Do the heads pop and actually throw water, or is the box silent? If the irrigation is broken, we need to know that before we roll. New sod on a dead zone is a second vacation story.

Kissimmee replacement and install work runs $1.50–$3.00 per square foot installed. That includes hauling off the brown lawn, grading, fresh sod, and a watering plan for the first two weeks. A 1,000 square foot yard is about $1,500–$3,000. Tight access and a full tear-out sit at the top of the band. Quotes under $1.50 almost always skip haul-off or grading. You will see that in the first month.

We match what is on your street. Seville on most Kissimmee lots. Palmetto or Provista in the shade strip along the house. Bahia belongs on a large sunny Poinciana yard, not dropped into a St. Augustine block because it was cheaper on a pallet. After we roll, keep it wet, not flooded, for about fourteen days. Rain while you are at work is not a watering plan.

Do not mow it to “wake it up.” Do not dump extra fertilizer on straw. If it is dead, those moves just make the tear-out messier. If only a side strip died and the rest is holding, we can patch that run and leave the healthy grass. If the whole front cooked, replace the whole front so you are not looking at a half-green square until Christmas.

You do not need to wait until the weekend after next. Three to seven days is the usual window. Call with the city, a rough size, and whether the sprinklers still run.

Sod installation in Kissimmee · Call (407) 674-2841