Five services, explained
Each service below has its own page with more detail, including what the quote should cover. Most homes need two or three of them at once, so it helps to know how they relate.
Tree removal
The whole tree comes down and is cleared away. In suburban yards that usually means climbing the tree and lowering it in sections, rather than felling it in one piece. Removal leaves the stump at ground level unless you ask for more. Read about tree removal in Armadale.
Stump grinding
A grinder chips the stump to below the surface so the spot can go back to lawn or garden. It is quick, tidy and the usual follow-up to a removal. Read about stump grinding.
Stump removal
The stump and its main roots are dug out of the ground. This is the option when a slab, pool, footing or paving is going over the spot and the builder wants no rotting wood underneath. Read about stump removal.
Palm tree removal
Palms are removed in sections or cleaned of dead fronds, seed stalks and fruit. They behave differently from broad-leaf trees: no branches, fibrous wood and stumps that do not reshoot on single-trunk types. Read about palm tree removal.
Bamboo removal
Canes are cut and, more importantly, the underground rhizome mat is dug or ground out so it stops coming back. Where you want to keep some, a root barrier can contain it. Read about bamboo removal.
Choosing between grinding and removal
People often ask which stump option they need. The short version:
- Lawn, mulch or garden bed going back on top: grinding.
- Concrete, a pool, footings or a long run of paving going on top: removal, or whatever your builder specifies.
- Tight access through a side path: grinding, because a compact grinder fits where an excavator does not.
- A slope you do not want disturbed: usually grinding.
Jobs that often go together
Removal plus grinding is the most common pairing. The crew takes the tree down and grinds the stump before they leave.
Palm clean plus palm removal comes up on blocks with several palms: keep the healthy one by the pool, remove the one that has outgrown the front yard.
Bamboo removal plus stump grinding is common when an old screen planting is being cleared for a new fence or garden. The grinder that handles the stumps can also chew through clumping bamboo bases.
Clearing around a hills house before bushfire season can involve all of the above. Read the bushfire tree clearing guide before you book that kind of work, because the state standards set out what can be cleared, and where.
How a quote is put together
Whatever the job, a fair quote is built from the same things: the size and type of each tree, how close it is to buildings and power lines, how the equipment and wood get in and out, what is done with the stump, and where the waste goes. The cost guide sets out 2026 planning bands for each service, and the questions page answers the things people most often ask before booking.
Where we arrange work
Armadale, Kelmscott, Byford, Harrisdale, Piara Waters, Gosnells, Thornlie, Maddington, Southern River and Canning Vale. The area notes for Kelmscott, Byford, Gosnells and Harrisdale cover the local trees, ground and council contacts in more detail.