Welcome to Whitmire Outdoor Living
Trust us with all your landscaping needs in Castle Hill
Regardless of your needs, you can trust us to deliver them promptly, efficiently, and conveniently. Give us a call now!
More than just cutting down trees
We do not just cut down trees in Castle Hill; Whitmire Outdoor Living provides a full range of tree maintenance and plants management services in the Hills District, such as; tree pruning, vegetation management along roadways and rail passages, powerline clearing, mowing, slashing, grounds maintenance and root barrier installation.
To provide these services in a significantly advanced industry, the Whitmire Outdoor Living approach is simple: Integrate extremely trained experts with a modern fleet of specialized plant and equipment supported by rigorous interactive management systems to deliver high quality services for our clients.
Ongoing collaborations with our customer base of government, utilities, road and rail operators and facility supervisors is our objective and we have been attaining this since 1992.
The best active ingredients for success
Our team: With over 70 extremely proficient employees and subcontractors trained in the latest industry requirements and finest practices, you know your job is in capable hands.
Specialized equipment: From insulated elevating work platforms to entire tree chippers, four wheel drive stump grinders to purpose constructed crane trucks and ride on mowers to root cutters, our detailed fleet of specialized plant and equipment means we have the resources to finish even the biggest and most complicated jobs.
Systems with the consumer in mind!: Envision having a window into your contractors’ business; having the ability to gain access to quotes and billings, accept and track jobs and perform desk top audits at a time that fits you from the convenience of your workplace. With Whitmire Outdoor Living’s innovative systems we offer just that!
All of this supported by our advanced quality, OH&S; and ecological management system designed to deliver consumer focused services with a risk management method to safety and ecological problems to make sure that your exposure to risk is well managed.
Providing you comfort
Whilst our team adhere to advanced risk management processes we still keep various insurance coverage for those unanticipated incidents to make sure sufficient protection of ourselves and our customer.
Playing an active role in Castle Hill’s Arboriculture industry
Whitmire Outdoor Living is committed to preserving the greatest arboriculture standards.
Whitmire Outdoor Living plays an active role in the industry through our memberships, sponsorships and management of different industry organisations.
We partner with Hills Emergency Plumbing Pros to provide water-efficient planting solutions across the Hills District.
We have met the stringent subscription requirements set by some of these organisations and this is just another way our clients can be guaranteed of our reliability, skills and safety.
At Whitmire Outdoor Living we believe that our team need a consistent, organised risk management method to deliver terrific results. Our systems deliver all of this and so far more.
As a valued consumer we will provide you with your own secure login to gain access to our interactive web enabled operating system through any internet browser. It’s convenient, simple and allows higher ability to track and handle your project.
Our outdoor living solutions include swimming pool installations and maintenance. We specialise in concrete pools.
Whitmire Outdoor Living’s incorporated management system has achieved 3rd party accreditation from SAI Worldwide Assurance Services as satisfying the requirements of
• ISO 9001:2000 quality
• AS 4801:2001 occupational health and safety
• ISO 14001:2004 environmental management
Our Services in Castle Hill
• Tree Maintenance
Tree pruning or elimination either individually, in groups or as part of a program; stump grinding, root pruning and root barrier installation.
Our qualified and experienced arborists together with our fleet of specialized plant and equipment will prune or eliminate your tree/s in accordance with Australian Basic AS 4373-2007 Pruning Amenity Trees, Workcover Tree Work Code of Practice and WorkCover Work Near Overhead Powerlines Code of Practice.
We have licensed dogmen, crane and elevated work platform operators to eliminate big trees in tough positions. All tree waste is processed into reusable leaf mulch utilizing our fleet of wood chippers.
Our variety of stump grinders| means we can quickly eliminate big tough stumps from sites with minimal access. We likewise have root cutters and personnel experienced with the installation of root barriers.
• Powerline Vegetation Clearing
Pruning and getting rid of trees to keep clearances to overhead powerlines and electrical infrastructure
We can take care of all of your powerline vegetation cleaning requirements with our insulated elevating work platforms that fulfill the requirements of AS 1418.10, purpose constructed tip trucks and wood chippers and ground line slashing equipment coupled with our qualified and experienced CATT (close approach tree trimming) personnel approved by Energy Australia and Rail Corporation NSW.
Contact us today to discover more about our services or to get a quote.
• Grounds Maintenance Services
Mowing, slashing and generalproperty maintenance activities
Our fleet of specialised plant and equipment consists of flail and industrial mowers. Whether it be ground line slashing under powerlines, clearing around poles or substations, easement clearing or grounds mowing we have the best equipment and experienced personnel for the application.
• Vegetation Management
Managing vegetation along roadways, electrical easements and rail passages utilising a variety of techniques
Vegetation management along roadways, fire tracks and rail passages is our specialty. With our specialised elevating work platforms, crane trucks, hi-rail tip trucks and wood chippers and our team of extremely knowledgeable arborists and commercial rope access technicians, we have the proficiency and resources to finish even the most complicated jobs.
Note: Industrial Rope Access is a safe system of work for tough access sites such as cliff faces, rock cuttings along roadway & rail passages, structures, dams and bridges.
Contact us today to discover more about our services or to get a quote.
• 24 Hour Emergency Service throughout the Hills District
We are committed to providing 24 Hour Emergency Help to our clients. That means you can call our emergency number, any time of the day, any day of the year and be guaranteed quick, efficient and reputable reaction from one of our devoted Area Supervisors who will dispatch a team of extremely proficient experts to address your emergency.
• Arborist Consulting and Reports
Whitmire Outdoor Living has established strategic alliances with numerous consulting arborists throughout our service area for the benefit of our clients.
Our Devices
We have a variety of equipment to assist us in our day-to-day activities including;
1. Elevated Work Platforms
Our fleet of insulated and electrically evaluated elevating work platforms (EWP) is particularly designed for close approach tree trimming (CATT) around live electrical infrastructure.
Tree maintenance and elimination in the metropolitan environment requires operators to continually work around overhead electrical infrastructure and with our specialised equipment we conduct this work in the safest possible way. To further make sure the safe performance of our equipment, electrical testing of all EWP is performed on a 6 monthly basis. All EWP fulfill the requirements of Australian Basic AS/NZS 1418.10-2004 Cranes, Hoists and Winches Part 10 Elevating Work Platforms.
2. Insulated Devices
All EWP are equipped with insulated electrically evaluated hydraulic long reach chainsaws and pulling sticks particularly designed for close approach tree trimming, (CATT) around live electrical infrastructure.
Ride On Lawn mowers
With our fleet of ride on mowers, our team makes carrying out your grounds maintenance easy, quick and safe. All our ride on mowers are fitted with ROPS, o% grade capability low emissions etc.
3. Crane Trucks
Crane trucks provide higher efficiency and enhanced safety in getting rid of trees.
With their capacity to lift big loads and for that reason minimizing our teams’ exposure to manual handling injuries whilst processing tree waste on the ground. Whitmire Outdoor Living has a 6 tonne truck mounted crane with telescopic reach of 15 metres. The crane is mounted on a bogie drive truck with a 25m3 tipping body.
4. Tip Trucks
Covered tip trucks are used to tow wood chippers and collect leaf mulch in a safe way that reduces any contamination.
All tip trucks have function constructed canopies designed to safely contain Leaf Mulch and Wood Chip whilst enabling airflow and minimizing dust triggering air pollution. We have a variety of tip trucks that vary from 7m3 to 25m3 capacity to perform any job big or small.
5. Root Cutter
In a constantly developing metropolitan environment root barriers have become a crucial strategy in maintaining the harmony of trees and infrastructure.
The Whitmire Outdoor Living root cutter is specially designed to cut a narrow trench through earth whilst neatly cutting roots to enable the installation of root barrier.
6. Wood Chippers
We have a variety of wood chippers that vary from 225mm to 500mm capacity.
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All our wood chippers are fitted with the latest safety functions and fulfill the requirements of Australian Design Standards. As an added safety feature, we make sure that a selection of our wood chippers are fitted with winches to reduce manual handling injuries.
If you need the best services that you can not find anywhere else, contact us today to discover more about us or to get a free quote.
who we are
Whitmire Outdoor Living is your premier contractor for all your gardening and landscaping needs in the Hills District of Sydney.