Services
What we do around a house in fire country
Six kinds of work, always planned from the wall outward. Most jobs use three or four of them.
Zone 0 hardening
Gravel, pavers or bare ground against the walls. Wood mulch and dry litter out. Deck, fence and woodpile edges cleared.
The three zonesPlanting for fire country
Low, spaced, watered plants for zone 1, chosen with you from the lists your county and fire district publish.
Plants for the ringsBrush clearing and thinning
Dead brush and fallen limbs out, shrubs and young trees thinned, in zone 2. Chipped on site or hauled away.
Limbing and pruning
Lower limbs pruned up and away from roofs, done by a climber on a rope. We check for protected trees first.
Grass and weed cutting
Cut before it dries and timed to your fire district's date. Hand tools or a string trimmer on cool mornings.
Return visits
A spring visit and a late-summer check so the rings stay what they were. Priced as a line on the estimate.
The dry season
How it works
From the site walk to the second look
Step 1: The site walk
We walk each ring with you, measure and photograph. You tell us what to keep.
Step 2: The map and the scope
You get a map of your lot with the three zones marked, and a written estimate with a price for each zone.
Step 3: The work, ring by ring
Zone 0 first, then 1, then 2. Power tools stay off on red flag days.
Step 4: The final walk
We walk the finished lot with you and send dated photos of each zone with the balance due.
Step 5: The second look
If you added a return visit, we come back in the dry season to check regrowth.
Start with a walk
The walk is where the map begins. Book it, or text us a photo of the side facing the hill.