Tree service in Rollingwood, Texas

What I see in Rollingwood yards

Rollingwood's mature live oaks sit close to houses on lots platted before anybody imagined the trees getting this big. The recurring job is reducing end weight on limbs that now reach over a roofline they didn't reach over in 1975. Rollingwood is also separately incorporated — Austin's rules aren't yours.

The trees I get called about in Rollingwood

Heavy mature live oak canopy, with cedar elm and some Texas red oak. The recurring job is end-weight reduction on limbs that now reach over a roofline they didn't reach over when the lots were platted. Mature live oaks close to houses on lots platted long before anybody imagined the trees at this size. The job is nearly always the same: reduce end weight on limbs now reaching over a roofline they didn't reach over decades ago, without taking so much that the tree responds badly.

How to tell these species apart, and what goes wrong with each one.

The ground underneath: Edwards Plateau

Shallow, stony, alkaline clay over limestone. Live oak, ashe juniper and cedar brakes. Roots go wide instead of deep because there's nowhere deep to go, which is why wind-throw is the failure mode out here.

Permits in Rollingwood

I haven't read Rollingwood's ordinance closely enough to summarize it here, and I'm not going to guess at a rule that could cost you a mitigation bill. Call the city's planning or development services department and ask two questions: what trunk diameter triggers a permit, and is there a protected species list.

I have verified the rules for Austin, Kyle, Buda and Dripping Springs — those are written up here, along with how to measure your trunk properly, which every one of these ordinances depends on.

Working on a Rollingwood property

Small city, tight lots, big trees close to houses. Rigging work almost throughout, similar to Sunset Valley. Streets are narrow enough that where I park matters. Tight streets, short driveways and mature canopy everywhere, thirty-three minutes from me. Almost all rigging, very little dropping. Worth knowing that Rollingwood is separately incorporated, so Austin's tree ordinance is not the one that governs your lot.

Questions I get from Rollingwood

Getting me out to Rollingwood

Rollingwood is about a 33-minute run for me. Call or text me a photo with something in frame for scale and I can usually give you a number without driving out. Estimates are free either way.

One rule that applies everywhere, including here: don't prune oaks between February 1 and June 30. Here's why.