The lilly pilly screen you planted for privacy is now into the gutters. The row of ficus along the boundary has turned into a wall of trees. The screening behind the pool has grown beyond what a ladder and a garden trimmer can handle. That is when hedging work makes sense.
Tree work enquiry
Add photos of the tree, access and anything close by. We will tell you if we need to see it before quoting.
The quoted result needs to balance clearance, privacy and what the plants can support.
Tall hedging is not ordinary garden trimming with a taller ladder. Large screens can need different access equipment, long-reach tools and more controlled cutting than a reachable garden hedge.
The aim is to bring the screen to a height and width that works for the property while retaining useful cover where the plants allow it. That can mean reducing the height, pulling the sides in and setting a realistic finish for the quoted cut.
A privacy hedge can grow into the gutters, shade the pool or spread beyond the boundary. Once the top and thicker branches are out of reach from the ground, a one-off reduction may be the practical next step.
A top-heavy screen shades its lower growth and goes bare at eye level. Reshaping can improve the balance, although the result depends on the species and the growth left inside.
Big screening trees push roots into fences and retaining walls, and the canopy creeps over the line. Keeping the screen in check keeps it doing its job without starting an argument next door.
The length, height and width of the screen set how much cutting, equipment, labour and green-waste handling the quote has to allow for.
A light reshape involves far less cutting and waste than bringing back a screen that has grown well beyond the height and width you want.
Different screening plants respond differently to a hard cut. The species, its condition and the growth inside the screen decide how much can reasonably come off in one go.
Hiring a lift, a steep block or a screen tucked behind the pool all show up in the quote. A badly overgrown screen sometimes needs some pruning inside it before the hedge can be reshaped at all.
Send the details, review the written quote, book the work and check the inclusions before the crew starts.
Photograph the tree, the way into the yard, and anything close to it — the house, the fence, the pool, the power lines. Send them with your address so we can understand the job. If we need to see it before quoting, we will let you know.
On bigger or trickier jobs we come out first. We look at the access, what is overhead, what sits around the tree and whether the job may need a crane or a lift.
The crew works to the written quote. It says what tree work is included, whether stump grinding is part of the job and what happens to the timber and green waste.
Your written quote says what happens to the timber, mulch and other waste, and what cleanup is included. If council follow-up is needed, we will tell you what to check next.
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Send photos showing the full screen, how tall it has grown and the way into the property. We will tell you if it needs to be seen before quoting.
