Prevent Construction Damage to your Landscape

Doing a house renovation or construction? Trenching, tunneling, and excavating related to home construction can cause harm to your property.

Consider these measures to prevent damage to your landscape:

• Pet fencing, outdoor lighting, and irrigation systems underground wires and pipes could be in the path of destruction. In advance of construction, sometimes zones can be shut down, lights or spray heads can be
  relocated, or systems turned completely off. 
  See if you can locate “as-built” drawings of the system’s underground
  layout and alert your contractor to avoid damage. 
• Before construction begins, plants growing near the work areas can be pruned, tied, or relocated to keep them safe. Moving plants to a holding area can keep them out of harm’s way. Plan in advance what plants need moving so they can be transplanted when it is least stressful to the plant.
• Soil compaction and construction debris can render soil useless for plants to grow in. Mortar and concrete rinse water and dust can be damaging too. Restoration of the soil’s health will be much easier and less costly when utilizing a heavy layer of wood chips as a protective covering to significantly reduce compaction and prevent debris from mixing into soil.
• Trees always need to be considered for protection and an arborist should be part of your pre-construction planning process.

At John Shorb Landscaping we work with builders, architects and home owners in pre-construction planning, preparation, maintenance, and restoration of
landscapes. Let us know how we can work with you. www.jsli.com