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Orange County Firepits

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Orange County Firepits are an amazing way to add a touch of ambiance, warmth and beauty to any outdoor space! Whether you want to entertain your friends and family, or make your backyard a relaxing retreat for yourself – then an inviting fire pit will be the perfect centerpiece. With multiple shapes, sizes and styles available – from elegant built-in designs to portable options – you can choose the perfect look for your outdoor area without breaking the bank. Not only that but with so many different benefits – like prolonging outdoor gatherings in cold climates and providing much needed light during those dark nights – there’s something here for everyone. So why wait? Let’s jump right into why having a fire pit is such a great investment!

What Firepit Design should I choose

1. Should I use a Round Fire pit or Square fire pit.
2. How to choose the right location for your fire pit
3. What type of materials to use for your fire pit
4. The benefits of using a gas-powered fire pit
5. How to maintain your fire pit

Firepits are a great addition to your backyard that can provide hours of fun and relaxation. When deciding on the perfect firepit location, make sure it is away from trees, buildings, fences, decking and low hanging power lines. The material you choose for your firepit also affects safety. We often recommend tumbled glass for the top of the fire pit. Tumbled glass will need to be refreshed every few years. On the other hand, a firepit powered by gas requires less maintenance than one powered by wood, without sacrificing ambience and warmth. To maintain it properly and extend its life as much as possible, be sure to follow instructions provided with your firepit and regularly check gas connections and components for wear or damage.

Orange County Firepit

Now that you know all the benefits of owning a Fire Pits what’s stopping you from getting one? Show your friends and family how much fun they’re missing out on by hosting a gathering around your new firepit. They might be so envious that they go out and get their own! When choosing a design for your backyard oasis, consider what kind of activities you want to do around the fire. If s’mores and singing campfire songs are more your style, choose a pit with built-in seating. For an elegant look that will make entertaining a breeze, select a model with built-in shelves for storing wood or display space for decorative accents. No matter which type of firepit you choose, enjoy knowing that you now have the perfect spot to relax and gather with those you love most.

TRU Landscape Services is the only landscape contractor you’ll ever need. With over 30 years of experience, we provide home owners and businesses with a comprehensive range of services that include pool installations, ponds, low voltage lighting, and Outdoor living . From design to installation to maintenance, TRU has you covered. So whether you’re looking to update your home’s curb appeal or create an outdoor oasis for entertaining, TRU Landscape Services is your go-to source for all things landscaping. https://www.trulandscape.com

Orange County Concrete Fire Pits

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Orange County Concrete Fire Pits

Need the right addition to your landscape? Consider installing a fire pit. Our Orange County Concrete fire pits provide a focal point for outdoor gatherings. They are built from quality materials, and look great. Read more to see our last concrete fire pit installation.

Earlier this week we finished a North Tustin Landscaping project that transformed our customer’s backyard. In the previous landscape blog we showed some pictures of the completed Orange County Stamped Concrete Patio. In this blog, we’ll be moving into another area of the backyard landscape, the fire pit area.

The patio area surrounding the fire pit is dark stained stamped concrete

Fire Pits Balance Design and Functionality

This rectangular fire pit includes a poured in place concrete cap with stucco siding to match the home. Square and rectangular fire pit designs are becoming popular. We also build traditional round fire pits. Other style options include variations in sidings from veneers to stack stone to stucco. We can also color the fire pit’s concrete cap to match your backyard landscape.

Concrete fire pits should be built by licensed contractors. Why risk your landscape construction on an unlicensed contractor? Our certified landscape crews will safely install the fire pit gas line, and use top quality materials and careful construction practices.

Fire Pits aren’t just beautiful, they’re also practical. For one, the fire pit’s poured-in-place concrete cap can be used as a as a table. And of course, a built-in gas fire pit will provide warmth and light to any outdoor gathering. Warmth and light.

Fireglass is one option for your fire pit’s filling.

Fire Pit Fillings: from sand to fireglass

Many new fire pit owners chose unique fillings for their fire pits. We supply everything from lava rock or sand to our custom American Fire glass. It all depends on what your landscape design needs.

As you can see, tumbled fire glass can be chosen to match any color scheme of furniture or otherwise, so it is often a good option for homeowners with an existing color pallet. In this way, each element of your landscape will work in harmony. Using different construction techniques, fillings, and surrounding patio materials, Fire pits can be constructed to match any shape, style, or color of landscape.

Concrete Fire Pit Installation

Outdoor Living with Fire Pits

There are many benefits to using built in fire pits. Fire is striking!

Few other landscape elements will have as much impact (especially at night) as a fire element.
Concrete fire pits are also very low maintenance (especially when properly constructed). They start with ease and eliminate the need to gather and throw additional wood onto the fire.
Your neighbors probably don’t have one. You’ll easily be able to one up the Joneses with a sick new pit. They’ll be jealous and probably move away out of sheer envy.

The Difference of a Landscape Remodel

So the finished area looks pretty nice, right? It’s a completely useable space with matching outdoor furniture, some expertly finished stamped concrete, and of course the styled Orange County concrete fire pit. It’d be easy to step out your back door, put your feet up, and relax. But only a few weeks before these pictures were taken, the backyard landscape was a mess!

Before TRU Landscape Services arrived, the backyard was a messy dusty garden with scattered dry planter beds. The whole yard was a slope, and was difficult to navigate if you were walking through it. Tree stumps and struggling old plants made it look depressing. Mounds of dry dirt were lumped along the corners of the rotting planter beds. After demolition, leveling and grading the yard, we built the fire pit form. With that in place, our crews finished the stamped concrete patio and the fire element. The finished outdoor living area looks totally new!

What used to be a completely unusable space was transformed into a totally unique and inviting patio area. If you’re ready to do the same for your backyard landscape, call TRU Landscape today and ask about the option of installing your own Orange County Concrete Fire Pit!

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For even more information on this backyard landscape project, see our page on the topic: Orange County Concrete Landscaping

Modern Backyard Remodel

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Modern Backyard Remodel

A modern backyard for the modern home. Perhaps you have a small backyard and are bored with the space. Chances are, you have more options for landscape renovation than you realize! In this small backyard, our company was able to reclaim the entire backyard landscape for barbecues, playtime, picnics, and fireside stories! All it took was a little planning, some elbow grease, and one Orange County landscape company.

Modern Backyard Remodel Fire Pit Are you lost in a Suburban sea? Are you tired of your backyard looking exactly like your neighbors? Tract homes may begin devoid of personality, but there’s plenty of room to personalize your outdoor space, however small.

In this case, the homeowners were already thinking big when they contacted us about installing a fire pit and outdoor living area. It turned out they were ready to take charge of the rest of their yard too! Cheap synthetic turf had been installed throughout. This low quality Chinese turf only looked good for a short period. It was time for that scraggly fake grass to go! Time to start over.

TRU Landscape Services renovated three areas of this Costa Mesa Landscaping project. Stay tuned to see before and after pictures of the side yard, backyard, and outdoor living area.

Interlocking Pavers Walkway

If you own a home with a small yard, you’re probably familiar with this problem area: the walkway “side yard.” The “side yard” is actually just wide enough for a walk way. The space can easily become cluttered or muddy if you don’t have the proper walkway installed.

Before Interlocking Pavers Installation To replace the unattractive concrete blocks that were in place, our customer chose interlocking pavers. We used a herringbone pattern with dark grey “blueish” paving stones. As you can see, the interlocking pavers compliment the overall modern feel with cooler colors.

Interlocking Pavers Walkway in Orange County The pavers walkway extends to the front yard and now eliminates the chance for tracking mud and dirt. A much cleaner, more pleasant experience overall.

American Synthetic Turf Installation

Like we mentioned earlier, the back yard had aging Chinese synthetic turf installed. We built the planter wall that you see in the background when the customer decided to have their synthetic turf replaced. As you can see, it was worse for wear…

Artificial Turf removal and Synthetic grass replacement

Look at the difference! Whenever possible, TRU Landscape Services uses only products made in the USA. Don’t let a fast talking company take advantage of you by convincing you to install cheap alternatives. When it comes to installations like turf and paving stones that receive high traffic, you will want to use materials that last. Try us today for Synthetic Turf installations.

Synthtic-Turf-Backyard

Modern Outdoor Living Area

Here comes the main focal point of the modern backyard remodel: the fire pit and bench area. As you can see, the space looks pretty small to begin with. When we arrived there was a relatively unusable patch of gravel with some plants in the corners. Our customer tasked us with building custom planters, benches, and a fire pit. As you can see in this picture, we sprayed out the location of the installation with paint to help the customer visualize the finished Orange County landscape before beginning. It’s cool to start with a blank canvas.

Before Paver Side Yard Renovation

Here’s the finished product! Take it all in for a second. Although we installed a lot of new hardscape into this area, it actually has the effect of opening the area up. By making the space more useable, the homeowner actually “increased” their backyard space. In effect, installing a new patio area extended their backyard!

Back Area Landscape Note how the reed plants, planter walls, and tree add vertical height to the space, also making it feel less cluttered. Our customer was very happy with the benches that we built into the stucco planter walls. Custom wood benches are definitely a great feature to consider in your home remodel.

If you’re ready to transform your backyard space of whatever size, call TRU Landscape Services, your trusted Orange County Landscaper.

Just call us today for a free estimate on any fixture from fire pits to synthetic turf, to pavers and so much more!

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Custom Patio Cover and Fire Pit

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Off of a referral, TRU Landscape Services was called out to Cypress California for an estimate on a new landscape design. The main elements in this design were a new fire pit and a backyard patio cover. Because they had already seen our work at another project in the Cypress area, this customer knew what they wanted. Whether you have a detailed idea for your landscape, or just a general notion, TRU Landscaping takes pride in crafting the perfect environment for you and your family.

Watch the video below for an overview of the project!

Cypress Outdoor Living

Our customer was looking for a custom designed wood patio cover to provide shade for their outdoor living area and the rest of the backyard. Shade from a patio cover not only benefits the backyard landscaping, but may also have an effect on the temperature indoors. After the custom patio cover was installed, our customer estimated that the temperature in the house went down by 10 degrees because of the addition! There are several types of patio covers a customer can choose from. Different models from open lattice to pergola and different woods and stains can give your yard a unique feel. Call our professional sales staff to help you design the right patio cover for your yard.

A Beautifully Stained Custom Patio Cover

A properly balanced landscape is an important aspect of TRU Landscape Services landscape design. For example, we seek to soften hardscape and concrete installations with grass and plants, and structure your garden with pathways and other elements. Too large of a patio cover can make your yard feel small. These are some of the things that our professional landscapers take into consideration when helping our customer create a balanced landscape design. In a city like Cypress, outdoor living is just a phone call away. If you live in Orange County and are looking for a new outdoor living space below for:

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Orange County Fire Pits

All concrete and softscape elements by TRU Landscape

Stacked Stone Fire Pit and Planter Wall

TRU Landscaping Services knows how important it is for families to spend quality time together, so when we are designing your landscape we always try to include spaces that encourage conversation. A fire element belongs in any backyard landscape as a focal point. There are several popular fire elements that could have been used on this particular landscaping project. Our customer really liked the fire pit their friends had in their back yard, so we designed a similar one for this space. Fire pits not only provide a unique elemental flare, but more practically, they provide warmth to those enjoying the backyard. Orange County can get a little cold during the winter months, but having one of our custom built fire pits will extend the use of your outdoor living space year round.

Planter Walls lead the eye toward the focal point

A fire pit and planter wall complete the yard!

Another fire element that is popular among home owners is a fire table. A fire table is an outdoor surface with a fire ring in the middle of the table! An unmissable and entertaining attraction. There are several types of these tables on the market; however, TRU Landscape Services builds a fire table that will last for several years to come unlike those sold by the big department stores. We have been building fire elements in Orange County for the last 20 years. Click this link to find out the difference between our custom fire tables and those sold in stores. This project took our crews 2 weeks to complete and the customer was already talking about having another part of their yard landscaped by us.

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Backyard Remodel in Cypress California

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One project in Cypress California offered TRU Landscape Services a clean slate to remodel an entire backyard. In summary, we filled in a pool, installed a fire pit, and bordered the new lawn with block walls, lighting and plants to line the fence. Find out how the homeowners decided to take these drastic steps to reclaim their outdoor space!

Cypress Landscape Company

TRU Landscape Services works in Cypress California as a landscape company on a regular basis. Our latest customer decided to have their backyard completely remodeled. The backyard had an old damaged swimming pool that was going to cost several thousand dollars to repair. On top of that, the family was not using the pool, and it was costing hundreds of dollars a month to keep it clean and filtered. After a discussion with TRU Landscape Services, they decided their best option was to fill in the pool and renovate the backyard. Our salesman had the estimate over the next day, and we began the project shortly afterward. Within a handful of days, our construction team had removed the old concrete and filled in the swimming pool. Now it was time to start the new landscape!

Orange County Fire Pit

Fire Pit and Block Wall with Stack Stone

Proper fire pit construction requires experience and certification and isn’t a project for the average do-it-yourself er. Installing a gas line, properly constructing, and adding a veneer to a fire pit takes the experience that we can provide. TRU Landscape Services installed the gas line to the future fire pit on the first day. On the second day of the backyard remodel, our hardscape crew started the fire pit installation along with the planter wall. The basic materials we use to build fire pits and planter walls are concrete blocks and rebar. After a couple of days, the crew had the entire structure of the fire pit and planter walls built. Once the structure was completed, we installed stack stone on the sides of the wall to give an elegant and finished look. A basic fire pit only has stucco on the side, but there are several options for stack stone and other products that we can install to spruce up a wall or fire pit. Installation of complementary veneers can tie together your entire outdoor design! Our customer chose a panel stack stone from a local supplier. This part of the process takes a true professional. When the last touches to the stack stone siding were finished, the customer was extremely happy with their new outdoor fire pit.

Block Walls Orange County

Stacked Stone Block Walls and LED Lighting

TRU Landscape Services takes pride in building block walls that will last. Over the last 20 years we have built several hundred block walls throughout Orange County. Our builders construct with attention to quality craftsmanship and use the best materials to build a solid wall. All of our planter walls and retaining walls are filled completely with concrete whereas other companies in Orange County may only fill up every other block. This compromises the structural integrity of the install. Another factor that sets TRU Landscape Services apart is that we use the right size rebar on every wall we build; never too small. We also build most of our footings bigger then what is needed because everything starts with a good foundation. All of these factors add up to an excellently constructed and long lasting block wall.

Orange County LED Lighting

TRU Landscape Services installs the best LED lighting products made in America. Although LED lights made outside of America may be cheaper in price, there are many benefits to using quality American LEDs. Cheaper lights don’t have a long warranty from the manufacturer like American lights. Most of these cheaper lights are made overseas and most of the companies don’t stay in business for very long. A warranty is important because most LED lights don’t actually burn out, they just go dim. If cheap LED lights without a warranty have problems, good luck finding a person to fix them.

Backyard Remodeled

The company that supplies TRU Landscape Services’ lights has been in business for the past 20 years in California. The LED lights we install only use 20 % of the electricity that a conventional halogen bulb consumes. The energy efficiency of these bulbs equals huge savings for our customers! The lights are predicted to last up to 14 years. They come with a 10 year manufacture warranty. The lights have a beautiful white color to them that accents any outdoor space. We can also provide custom lights in different sizes depending on your landscaping needs.

These homeowners in Cypress California made the right choice going with TRU Landscaping Services for quality construction and reliable, long-lasting installations!