Iron Tree Pit Guards
I am looking for the local iron works company that makes this particular tree pit guard. It will cost our condo less money if we find the guys who have this model as a standard, rather than having to get it made custom. If anyone has made the arrangements for procuring this model for your…
I am looking for the local iron works company that makes this particular tree pit guard. It will cost our condo less money if we find the guys who have this model as a standard, rather than having to get it made custom. If anyone has made the arrangements for procuring this model for your trees, please let us know. 317 16th Street Condominiums.
If you don’t want to wait, we just paid for our own tree guard by Loppolo Iron Works. Their price was half as much as other quotes we received and the work was good. We have a heavy duty, four-sided iron guard around a 6×4 tree pit. Planted now, it has been a good disincentive for dogs — and the owners that never cleaned up after them.
BHA doesn’t provide them for free — they get a big order and you (homeowner/coop/condo) get the lowest price. I think they do it in the spring… contact them — at least you can find out who does it for them.
We got our tree guards free through Marty Markowitz’s office. I took three years. I am sure they can provide you with the name of the contractor they used.
I’ve only seen the three-sided type. The street side is open. For opening car doors I guess.
no the city doesn’t do it for free. In Boerum Hill the Boerum Hill Association pays for them. Sometimes you can get your city council member to appropriate money for them to a local organization but even that is in short supply now…and some of them do go on all four sides….
IMBY, they do it in the fall when there are no leaves and they can slide it down over the top of the tree.
The guard is only three sided.
Dave, how do they get the guard around the base of tree trunk with out cutting the tree down? 😉
Melindwax, I live right up the block from you. Would be interested in any information you find out.
Wondering if we could get a better price when ordering additional guards?
IMBY at NYC dot RR dot com
Also, if you do get the Community Board to staart this process, when they decide to measure your plit for one of these they will remove what you may have already put there INCLUDING the plants. They seem to be some sort of morons that way.
Those are the ones the city installs. i just had one put around my tree. They will do it for you for free. Go through your community board.
Unfortunately i can’t answer your question as to who made them.