New Lambton Heights
Tree removal in New Lambton Heights
Tree removal, pruning and storm work in New Lambton Heights, where tall gums stand over the houses and the bush comes close.
Tree work in New Lambton Heights
Tall gums and a wild night in 2022
In the wild weather of early 2022, one family told the Newcastle Herald a gumtree came crashing through their New Lambton Heights house. Two trees fell that night onto their home and two neighbouring ones.
Clearing for the final stage of the bypass took out an estimated 320 hollow-bearing trees, in bush where squirrel gliders and powerful owls were once commonly seen. A hollow in a tree on a private block is worth pointing out before any work is planned.
Tall eucalypts on sloping blocks catch the wind first, so dead limbs above a roof are best dealt with between storms.
Services in New Lambton Heights
Big gums over the roof
How it works
From the first message to a written quote
The council question is settled before any price, and nothing is booked until you have said yes to a quote in writing.
- 1
Tell us what the tree is doing
Where it stands, what it hangs over and what you would like done about it.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
A tree contractor who covers your suburb looks at the tree, the access and what is underneath it.
- 3
The council question is answered
Your council, the tree's height and trunk, its distance from the house and the species decide whether a permit or an exemption applies.
- 4
You get it in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date on one page, and nothing is booked until you have said yes.
New Lambton Heights questions
Risky branches, strong gusts and state rules
Is one bad branch worth a call?
Often, yes. In the same storm, patients at the Rankin Park Centre were moved because of a risky branch on a nearby tree. A heavy limb over a bedroom is the same problem at home.
How strong do storms get here?
In the April 2015 east coast low, wind gusts of up to 135 kilometres per hour were reported at Newcastle. Tall gums on the ridges take that wind full on.
Can a dangerous tree come down before approval?
State rules allow it where the council is satisfied the tree is a risk to human life or property. The council has to agree, so the tree is photographed and reported first.
Gum leaning over the roof?