Crown thinning
Taking selected branches out of a dense canopy so light and wind pass through it. The tree keeps its shape and size, but the sail area drops and the grass underneath gets a chance.
West Auckland Tree Trimming
Trees brought back into shape by people who cut them for a living.
Tree Trimming Services in West Auckland
Most jobs are some combination of the below. On the quote we will spell out which ones your trees actually need, so you are not paying for a full reduction when a lift and a deadwood would have done it.
Crown lifting
Raising the lower limbs to clear a roofline, a driveway or a footpath. Usually the fix when you are ducking under branches or the courier keeps scraping the van.
Height reduction
Bringing a tree down to a manageable size while keeping a natural outline. Done properly this is shaping, not topping — we cut back to growth points the tree can recover from.
Deadwooding
Clearing out dead, broken and hanging limbs. It is the quickest way to make an established tree safer, and it makes an enormous difference to how the tree looks.
Storm tidy-ups
After a westerly has been through, we clear the torn limbs, make safe anything left hanging, and tidy the cuts so the damage heals rather than rots.
Hedges and screening
Boundary hedges, pittosporum screens and shelter belts brought back to an even line and a height you can maintain without hiring a lift every year.
Qualified West Auckland Tree Trimmers
The gap between a qualified arborist and a bloke with a ute shows up about two years after the job. Bad cuts do not close over. Topped trees throw up weak regrowth that fails in the next storm. A limb removed from the wrong side leaves a wound the tree cannot compartmentalise, and the rot works inwards from there.
Our crews are certified, fully insured and trained in rope access, so we can work in a canopy properly rather than reaching from a ladder. That matters most on the jobs where something is at stake underneath — a conservatory, a set of power lines, a neighbour's new fence. We rig those sections down under control instead of hoping for a clear drop.
It also means we can tell you when trimming is not the answer. Sometimes a tree is too far gone, or the problem is the species and the position rather than the size, and no amount of cutting will fix it for long. You will get that assessment straight, before you have spent anything.
Book a Trim Before the Next Blow
Overhanging limbs are always cheaper to deal with before a storm than after one. Give us a call and we will come and price it up.