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Tree Service in Federal Way, Washington
Federal Way is just across the county line and full of the same firs: Twin Lakes, Dash Point, Steel Lake and the neighborhoods off 320th were all built into second growth forest.
Do you work in Federal Way? Yes, we work in Federal Way, Twin Lakes, Dash Point, Auburn and the south King County line, about twenty minutes up I-5 from our yard. Removals, trimming, stump grinding and storm work. Estimates are free. Call or text (253) 590-8194.
Federal Way was mostly forest until the 1960s, and when it was built out the developers left strips and clumps of Douglas fir between the houses. Sixty years later those firs are 120 feet tall and the houses have not moved. In Twin Lakes, around Steel Lake and down the bluff at Dash Point and Lakota, that is the tree over the roof, over the pool and over the neighbor’s fence.
Firs between the houses
A fir in a strip between two houses in Federal Way has nowhere to fall. It is climbed, the limbs are roped down one at a time into whichever yard has room, and the trunk is blocked down the same way. Dan Gilbert’s Google review describes a dangerous tree leaning toward his building that we cut and turned into a split stack of cord wood; where it stood does not matter, the method is the same.
Dash Point and the Sound bluff
Lots along Dash Point and Lakota sit on a bluff over Puget Sound, like University Place across the water. Bluff work is climbing and rigging only, with the wood brought up by hand, and the city has rules about what can come out of a slope. We handle the tree; you and the city handle the paperwork, and we will tell you if it looks like a permit case.
Federal Way’s tree rules
Federal Way is in King County, and the city regulates removal of larger trees on private lots more closely than most Pierce County cities: above a certain trunk size a removal may need a permit and replacement planting. Check with the city’s permit center, or ask us what we see, before the work is scheduled.
What we do in Federal Way
Tree service questions from Federal Way
Do you really come to Federal Way from Tacoma?
Yes, it is about twenty minutes up I-5. Auburn, Milton and Edgewood are on the same run.
Can you remove a tree between two houses?
Yes. The tree is climbed and taken down in sections that are roped into whichever yard has the room.
Do you handle trees on the Dash Point bluff?
Yes, by climbing and rigging. The wood comes up by hand or winch.
Does Federal Way need a permit to remove a tree?
Often, for larger trees. The city’s permit center can tell you; we will tell you if your tree looks like one that needs it.
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Need tree work in Federal Way?
Call or text Ismael, or send the estimate form. He looks at the tree in person, tells you what he would do, and the price he gives is the price you pay.
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