Mar
8
2010
How much stuff could a landscaper chuck, when a landscaper does chuck stuff?
Thinking the other night, I contemplated how much material we actually move in a averge job. I took a typical 2,000 square foot sod job and came up with this.
2,000′ old sod removal to dump approx. 130 wheelbarrows of material.
14 yards soil mix installed is approx. 160-180 wheelbarrows of soil.
40 wheel barrows of new sod.
My next question was. How much does the material weigh?
The old sod weighs approx. 4,000 lbs.
The soil mix approx. 13,000 lbs.
The new sod approx. 6,000 lbs.
In this particular sod job I figured landscapers move about 22,000 lbs of material. That’s right 11 tons.
The next question I asked myself was, How much material do landscapers move per hour. Assuming the job is approx. 40 man hours to install with a three man crew. I came up with 550 lbs. per hour. This figure is low because I put in no time in for the stripping of old sod, soil moving, grading, fertilizing and liming and of course the installation of new sod. So probably add about 300 lbs. per hour in actual moving of material. 850 lbs. of material gets moved per man hour.
Maybe that’s a good reason to hire a landscaper. That is a lot of weight to haul around.
Serving the Vancouver and Portland Metro area with landscape industry certified employees.
Tags: landscape, landscape industry certified, landscaper, Landscaping, Portland OR, sod, Vancouver WA | 
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7
2010
A 2″ caliper Betula jackmontii————————–$320.00
Adding a irrigation zone to your landscaping————$900.00
Installing a new sod lawn—————————-$2,050.00
Having a new pond and waterfall built—————-$5,350.00
Constructing a large paver patio with seat wall——-$7,800.00
A professional landscape design———————PRICELESS
For all your outdoor landscaping needs, Woody’s Custom Landscaping has landscape industry certified professionals who get the job done right the first time.
Serving the Portland and Vancouver area with service that exceeds your expectations.
Tags: irrigation, landscape design, landscape industry certified, Landscaping, paver patio, pond, seat wall, sod, water feature |
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1
2010
We won in 2008, a Distinction award in Vancovuer WA, for Mr. Grays home. It included all areas in landscape construction including a sports court, paver patio, water feature, pergola, irrigation and planting. He wanted to landscape the area south of the sports court adjacent to the Columbia River.We just installed the second phase of landscaping this February. There is nothing better than a happy client.
Very thorough and creative - excellent work
By pggray - Mar 1, 2010
I am a repeat customer of Woodys, because they do a thorough job, and look for creative ways to make the project better and pleasantly exceed my expectations. He and his team are always professional, prompt, and courteous. In this latest project for me, his team landscaped a large area at my property and augmented an existing feature with stone steps and a patio. The outcome was beautiful.
The area landscaped is in the video below. It was quite mudddy and now it looks great.
Tags: irrigation, landscape construction, Landscaping, paver patio, pergola, planting, review, sports court, stone steps, Vancouver WA, water feature |
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27
2010
Why worry if the landscaper you choose is Landscape Industry Certified? It is very important to you the Home owner. What the certification means is that those who choose to go through the testing and pass the tests, are indeed qualified to install at least portions of your landscape project. At Woody’s Custom Landscaping, Inc. we have two who are Landscape Industry Certified. They have passed all segments including softscape, hardscape and irrigation. The certification from PLANET is a national certification process. Would you want just any one to construct your landscaping. Certification is one way to help you feel more confident during bidding and construction.
As a side note, 75% of all my employees are ICPI certified which is a national certification process for paver installation. You can feel confident that our employees know and install you paver projects the correct way. I also have about 75% of all my employees certified with NCMA which is another national certification for retaining wall construction.
We install your landscaping whether it’s hardscaping or softscaping with professionalism that is hard to match.
Following is a list of some of the services we offer.
Landscape Design
Outdoor Rooms
Design Build
Irrigation Drip and Conventional
Softscaping including planting and topdressing
Custom landscape masonry
hardscaping including Paver patios, walkways and retaining walls
Low voltage lighting including led lighting
Green roofs, green and living walls, and green industry landscaping
Serving Portland OR and Vancouver WA areas with distinction.
Winner of a Grand Award from WALP for residential construction 2009
Winner of a Distinction Award from WALP for outdoor lighting 2009
Feb
24
2010
Putting up the display booth with Christine and Carolyn of Gregg & Ellis Landscape Design this year was a blast. We got lunch almost every day and the differrent kind of work we did was indeed fun. We put together a 3′ high planter box installed with 2 types of tiles and large squares of polished black granite. The planter boxes were planted with 4 large clumping Jackmontii Birch, bulbs and varigated foliage and lots of white Tulips and white Hyacinths. The birch were up lighted with 4 large low voltage up lights.The water feature was basically a rectangle with polished black granite with a tile cap. The inside of the feature has a swirling effect with cut flagstone and white sand as the bottom. We do have a very large art piece, two stone benches and a stone table. The show runs 4-24 to 4-28 Weds. through Sunday at the Expo in Portland Oregon.
Come and say hi to Christine and Carolyn of Gregg & Ellis Landscape Design.
Tags: flagstone, Home and Garden Show, landscape design, low voltage lights, paver patios, Portland OR, Portland Oregon, water feature |
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