Branch pruning in Yalecrest

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 Yalecrest

The Yalecrest district is visually cohesive, with uniform setbacks, houses of the same era with comparable massing, mature street trees, and a great concentration of period revival cottages and bungalows designed by renowned Utah architects and builders. (Yalecrest | Historic Preservation (Salt Lake City)) Yalecrest was built out quickly, with 22 subdivisions platted from 1910 to 1938, and its houses are largely period revival cottages in English Tudor and English Cottage styles. (Yalecrest | Historic Preservation (Salt Lake City)) In a Salt Lake City local historic district, all exterior work except paint color and minor maintenance needs approval, in the form of a Certificate of Appropriateness, before work starts and before a building permit is issued. (Living in a Local Historic District | Historic Preservation (Salt Lake City)) Salt Lake City preservation staff say unpainted historic masonry should stay unpainted, because paint can trap moisture and severely damage the structural integrity of the masonry. (Living in a Local Historic District | Historic Preservation (Salt Lake City)) Unreinforced masonry buildings have brick walls with few or no steel reinforcing bars, are typically older structures, and are more likely than modern structures to collapse inward and outward during an earthquake. (Unreinforced Masonry | Earthquakes (Utah Division of Emergency Management))

Calls come from around Miller Park, Laird Park, Harvard Park, Harvard-Yale.