Oakhampton Heights
Tree removal in Oakhampton Heights
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Oakhampton Heights, near Walka Water Works and its bushland.
Tree work in Oakhampton Heights
Remnant forest around the old water works
Walka Water Works, including the boiler house and western annexes, is a heritage item of state significance in the Maitland Local Environmental Plan. Around its reservoir catchment, an isolated stand of an endangered ecological community, Lower Hunter spotted gum-ironbark forest, has survived.
Those trees are on public land and are not a private job. On a house block nearby, Maitland City Council sets its own tree rules, and they are checked for the address before work is quoted.
Services in Oakhampton Heights
Bush edges and wet ground
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.
Oakhampton Heights questions
Getting in when the water rises
Can floods cut the suburb off?
During the July 2022 Hunter River flood, the SES warned that Oakhampton Heights may remain isolated due to buildup of localised water. A tree job booked for a week like that is moved until access returns.
How much rain can fall here at once?
In April 2015, hourly totals of between 100 to 150 millimetres were recorded at Maitland and Dungog. That much water loads a canopy and softens the soil a tree stands in.
Is a big gum near the house removed or reduced?
It depends on its health and lean. A sound tree can often have its heavy limbs reduced; a split or leaning one is usually taken down in sections.
