Branch pruning in Bonneville Hills

What 24/7 Express Handyman Service does on site

• Dead, broken and diseased branches removed from the ground or a short ladder with hand pruners, loppers or a pruning saw
• Each cut made just outside the branch collar, with no flush cuts and no stubs left behind
• Dead limbs rubbing the house or hanging over walks and driveways cut back, and the brush hauled away

How it works

1. Walk the trees and mark dead, broken or rubbing limbs that can be reached safely from the ground or a short ladder
2. Look for overhead power lines before any ladder goes up, and skip any limb near a line
3. Cut to the branch collar, bag or bundle the brush, and haul it away
4. Referred out: any limb near a power line goes to the electric utility or a certified line clearance professional, and climbing work, large limbs or anything above ground-level ladder reach goes to a certified arborist

What happens next

• The written scope and price come first; every branch to be cut is marked before any saw comes out.
• Photograph the damage before anything is moved and keep every receipt; 24/7 Express Handyman Service provides an itemised invoice your insurer may ask for. The dispatch fee and job cost are paid by you on the day.

In Bonneville Hills

Bonneville Hills is a predominantly single-family residential neighborhood closest to Foothill Village, a semi-regional shopping center, and its streetscapes resemble older East Bench neighborhoods, with uniform home setbacks and extensive street trees. (Bonneville Hills Neighborhood | Council District 6 (Salt Lake City)) The Bonneville Hills neighborhood consists of predominantly single-family homes built during the middle of the 20th century. (East Bench Master Plan (Salt Lake City Planning Division, 2017)) The Salt Lake City segment of the Wasatch fault generates large earthquakes of about magnitude 7 on average every 1,350 years, and the most recent was about 1,300 years ago. (Maps Show Potential Geologic Effects of a Magnitude 7 Earthquake | Utah Geological Survey) A brick building with rows of bricks turned endways every five to six rows may be unreinforced masonry, a pattern once used to add strength before steel reinforcing was required. (Unreinforced Masonry | Earthquakes (Utah Division of Emergency Management)) Utah updated its building codes in the 1970s to outlaw construction of new unreinforced masonry buildings, so URM buildings are typically older structures. (Unreinforced Masonry | Earthquakes (Utah Division of Emergency Management))

Calls come from around Foothill Village, Anderson-Foothill Library, 13th and 21st.