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Tree Service in University Place, Washington
University Place is bluff and view country: big firs and madronas on the slope above the Narrows, Chambers Bay and Day Island, and homeowners who want the view back without losing the hill.
Do you work in University Place? Yes, we work across University Place and Fircrest, from the Chambers Bay bluff and Sunset Beach to the neighborhoods along Bridgeport Way, Cirque Drive and 27th. Removals, view trimming, stump grinding and storm cleanup. Estimates are free. Call or text (253) 590-8194.
University Place runs along the east shore of the Narrows from Day Island down past Chambers Bay, and much of it is built on the bluff. That means tall firs and madronas on a steep slope, a view of the water and the Olympics behind them, and ground that moves when it is wet. The flatter neighborhoods inland, around Bridgeport Way, Cirque Drive and 27th Street, have the same big firs and maples as Tacoma on slightly bigger lots.
View trimming on the bluff
Opening up a view without stripping the slope is the University Place job. Removing every tree on a bluff is the fastest way to start it sliding, so the usual answer is selective: take out the one or two trees that block the most, thin and window the others so the view comes through, and leave the roots holding the hill. Windowing, cutting a view corridor through the middle of a crown, keeps the tree alive and the slope stable.
Working on a slope
Trees on the bluff cannot be felled downhill into the Sound or a neighbor’s deck, and the loader cannot drive there. They are climbed, rigged and lowered in sections, and the wood is carried or winched up. It takes longer and the estimate reflects it, but it is the only safe way to do it. A customer in University Place who manages an HOA wrote on our old site about three years of dangerous trees and branches removed in small spaces without damaging a thing.
City rules on the bluff
University Place has tree and critical area rules for the shoreline, steep slopes and larger trees, and removal on a bluff lot can need a permit and sometimes a geotechnical opinion. We will tell you if your tree looks like one of those cases so you can check with the city before the work is scheduled.
What we do in University Place
Tree service questions from University Place
Can you open up my view of the Narrows?
Usually, by removing the one or two worst offenders and windowing or thinning the rest, so the slope stays anchored.
Can you work on a steep bluff lot?
Yes. The trees are climbed and lowered in sections and the wood brought up by hand or winch.
Do you serve Fircrest and Day Island?
Yes, both, and the Narrows neighborhoods of west Tacoma.
Do I need a permit in University Place?
For a tree on a bluff, near the shoreline or above a certain size, possibly. We will tell you what we see; the city confirms.
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Need tree work in University Place?
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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