Thanks SimRice,
Yeah, it is not an ideal lawn in terms of other trees/shade etc, so I just hope to get it as good as I can. It has been pretty good in the past, so will be happy with that.
I am thinking a de-thatch earlier rather than later might be good. I have a couple weeks leave over Christmas so that might be the time. I presume the scarifying machines are probably better than the lawn mower scalp? Is there any info on this process available on the net? I presume I want to get the lawn in good health before doing this.... fertiliser/water and mowed short a couple weeks out?
I have a good irrigation system, so that is easy.
I am going to mow this evening, and I will bring the SB45 down a bit. Any references on the best way to set height in a measurable way? Was thinking a straight edge across rollers and tape measure to bread knife blade? Maybe aim for 20mm or so?
Cheers,
Adrian