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Barbecue Island Orange County

Barbecue Island Orange County

Barbecue Islands In Orange County

Barbecue Islands Before

TRU Landscape Services just completed a full remodel of a barbecue Island in Orange County.  The original BBQ island was built roughly 8 years back.  The customer told us that the landscape contractor hired a sub contractor to perform the project.  We believe this is where the whole problem started.  The contractor was no longer on site to oversee the project.  The customer hired a licensed contractor to perform the work and yet they were not sure if the sub contractor was licensed!   Judging by the quality of the work, if he was licensed, he didn’t care very much about his customers or his license.  The Barbecue Island was built out of cinder block, which was proper but the counter top was not level.  The customer explained that because the concrete was not level they couldn’t build the Barbecue island level.  That brings us to another problem…the Barbecue Island was not built on concrete footings.  To fix this problem, we would have had to tear the whole island down. The customer didn’t want to tear the BBQ Island down, so we decided to remodel the BBQ Island.  We have been building Barbecue Islands in Orange County for several years and have never before seen such poor quality!

BBQ 2Concrete BBQ Island’s

After deciding to remodel the Barbecue Island, we removed the counter top. The counter top took our crew just over an hour to remove and to clean up the debris.  Now, our crews work fast but this demo was too fast.  We soon found out why, the counter top was built out of wood.  The original landscape contractor applied tile straight to the wood.  Tile is a great product for a Barbecue island but the grout lines will let the water seep through the tile directly to the plywood underneath.  Once plywood gets wet it starts to deteriorate, so for the last 7 years the wood had been rotting.  Because of this deterioration, the tile started to come loose.  The proper way to build a Barbecue Island is with concrete.  If our customer desires a tile top or any other material, we will usually build a 3” inch concrete slab under the product.  The concrete counter top always has rebar installed in it as well, to give the concrete strength, just like the Fire pits we build.

BBQ 3

Orange County Hardscape

A common question from our customers is “what is the difference between a pre-built Barbecue island and the BBQ island that you build?”  The difference is in the product and the customized design to complement your landscape.  The pre-built islands are made out of metal studs with a small layer of concrete board.  Our BBQ islands are built out of block, rebar and concrete!  Most of those pre-built BBQ islands come with a cheap, built in grill.  These grills are usually not American made grills.  These cheap grills will usually fail and have very little warranty.

Barbecue Ilsand

Barbecue Ilsand

The grills we install are all made in America with a several year or life time warranty.  We design your BBQ islands right on your property.  TRU landscape services has been building Barbecue Islands in Orange County for over 25 years.  Whether you’re looking for a Fire pit or a Barbecue island give us a call at 1-866-487-1359.  We are Orange Counties premier landscape contractor.

 

Holiday Landscaping Deals

Get your home ready for the new year with an exciting TRU-Built landscape.

TRU Landscape Services Orange County

Looking for a new porch or patio, driveway or pool deck? Want to warm your toes by a quality outdoor fireplace or fire pit? Time to redo the lawn? Now is the time to call TRU Landscape Services, the simple solution to your Orange County landscape needs.

Holiday Landscaping Discount

Celebrate the Holidays by renovating your landscape!  Set up an estimate before January 5th 2014 and mention this add for a 15% discount off of any Orange County landscape work.

  As a C-27 California licensed contractor, the experience and training behind TRU ensures that you will be satisfied with our professional work.  Feel free to browse the rest of our site for a complete list of our services, but remember, if it’s outdoors, we do it!  Just give us a call.

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While you’re thinking about calling us, check out some of the results of other people’s decision to call by visiting our gallery or testimonial pages.  Seek out TRU, the dependable contractor, to improve your outdoor living space.  Yes, you’ll be shocked by what a new landscape will do for you and your family.

TRU Landscape's Happy Holiday's cardCommercial or Residential, from Anaheim Hills to Laguna Niguel, landscaping is our passion.  You can quickly tell that TRU takes the business seriously and has no intention of cutting corners with their work.  So if you’re seeking quality and dependability, we’re the Orange County landscape contractor for you.

Residential

  • Custom Concrete Installations
  • Driveways and Walkways
  • Outdoor Lighting
  • Block Walls
  • Barbeque Islands
  • Fire Pits and Fireplaces
  • Synthetic Turf
  • Lawns, Sprinklers, and Irrigation

 

Commercial

  • Full Service Commercial Landscape Maintenance
  • Complete Landscape Installs
  • Tree Trimming and Removal
  • Irrigation Services

Laguna Hills Landscapers

Come take a journey with us through the process of building this Laguna Hills landscape. The job includes low voltage lighting, a fire pit, an outdoor patio area, and custom concrete driveways and walkways.

Custom Concrete Driveway and Flagstone Pathway

Laguna Hills Landscapers

The story begins when we were called out for a free estimate to Laguna Hills. If you’re not familiar with the Orange County area, Laguna Hills is a small town surrounded by Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel and Aliso Viejo. Landscaping in the area tends to create spaces for outdoor living because of the warm and hospitable climate.  The customer had a clear idea of what they wanted from their landscapers and we knew this was the right job for us.

After the initial meeting, the customer mentioned that three other landscape companies were also giving estimates. Shortly after we emailed the thorough estimate, the customer called us back to hire us saying they chose us because our estimate was the most detailed out of the four they received. We like to be transparent and detailed in our estimates so you know exactly what to expect.

Laguna Hills Landscape Concrete

After demolition, grading, and laying the underground drain pipes, we started the forms for the landscape concrete. As you can see from the picture, there was a lot of custom concrete work and flagstone involved in the overall design.  This design was made up of many smaller squares of concrete. A project like this requires a lot of setup to guarantee a quality product. We worked from design drawings and consulted the customer throughout the process.

After installing landscape concrete in Orange County for the last 20+ years, we know that it’s better to ask a lot of questions up front rather than have to remove the concrete and replace it. If you’re looking for a company who’ll install your custom concrete right the first time, give us a call.

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Flagstone Walkway

Note the flagstone stairway up to the front doors. Each step is bordered with landscape timber with a flagstone landing and a concrete base to provide its strong foundation. Because flagstone is a natural stone, each pieces strength will vary from strong to more brittle. Flagstone installed in a small layer of concrete or over sand may have individual stones come loose after a relatively short period of use. To avoid this, we always install at least 3 ½ inches of concrete as a foundation so that the flagstone will remain in place for several years. It’s best to start with a good foundation. And all that’s just the front yard!

Laguna Hills Backyard

Backyard Outdoor Living

This Orange County patio area was constructed in the same style as the front yard with the addition of a concrete fire pit and a bench. The space is also surrounded by low voltage landscape lighting to extend the area’s use after the sun sets. Imagine eating in this outdoor dining area on a beautiful Orange County day. It’s moments like these that TRU Landscape is all about.

You just finished reading all of that? Like what you hear? Then why not give us a call?

 

Lake Forrest Outdoor Living

Imagine a Saturday. You grill up a delicious backyard dinner on your barbeque island while the kids splash in the pool. Afterward, you laugh and warm up with friends and family around the fire pit. One Lake Forest customer had TRU Landscape Services provide that vision with various hardscape installs in their backyard.

Backyard Granite BBQ Island

Backyard Granite BBQ Island

TRU Landscape Services just completed this project in Lake Forest. Lake Forest is a small city surrounded by Mission Viejo and Irvine, nestled in the Saddleback Valley. The project in Lake Forest was a back yard remodel. The customer already had a beautiful pool and a nice BBQ, but the rest of the back yard was in need of a face lift. After meeting with the customer, our salesman sent over an estimate the next day. The customer called us back a few days later and hired us to remodel their back yard by installing a granite counter top on their barbeque and installing planter walls.

Orange County BBQ

TRU Landscape Services can build all types of BBQ islands. Our BBQ islands are made out of block and concrete and built to last. Our customer already had two BBQ islands, but the tile on the islands was outdated. The customer had already picked out a granite tile to replace the tile. On the first day we removed the tile and started installing the granite. It took our crew a few days to finish the new granite on the BBQ islands to ensure a long lasting outdoor experience. There are several accessory options that we can install on a BBQ island, besides the regular BBQ grill. We install meat smokers, side burners and warming drawers. Get outside and whip up some food on a well crafted barbeque island with all of the necessary features. Let our salesman design you a new BBQ island today.

Click here to get a free estimate on your very own BBQ Island

Lake Forest Poolside Retaining Wall by TRU Landscape

Lake Forest Poolside Planter Wall by TRU Landscape

Orange County Planter Walls

Our customer’s swimming pool was built right up to the wood fence. The bare concrete put off a very hard and uninviting appearance.  To make space and add elegance to the design, we saw cut out about a foot of concrete and installed a planter wall. This new wall added another sit down area as well as beauty and depth to the back yard.  This wall was built out of block with a custom concrete cap on top of the wall. After the cap was finished we installed stack stone on the side of the wall. There are several different styles of stack stone that we offer for the side of a wall or the side of your house. Just adding a four foot high veneer stack stone siding to your house increases the beauty and value of your property. TRU Landscape Services has been installing planter walls in Orange County and outdoor living spaces for over 20 years.

A fire pit by TRU Landscape Services with chairs

Enjoy Sitting Around a Fireplace with Friends!

Landscape Company

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 25 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features, ponds, Putting Greens, we also offer Low Voltage Lighting, Synthetic Turf, Fire Pits, plus many other services.

Patio Cover

Patio Covers

TRU Landscape Services builds all types of outdoor structures. Whether you’re looking for a BBQ island or an outdoor kitchen, call us. The project pictured was located in Cypress, California. Our customer had a flat wood patio cover that was in need of a rebuild. Our customer wanted to rebuild the patio cover in the same design. We had different ideas, so we set up a meeting at one of our recent patio cover installs.  After meeting us and seeing the patio cover we wanted to build for them, they changed their mind. The new design we recommended would give them a higher patio cover. This provides a more open space. Plus we used a Tongue and groove wood for the roof. This wood provides a great ceiling to apply a wood stain to. Whenever it’s in the budget we love to use this wood. This wood really ties a patio cover together. TRU Landscape Services has been building patio covers for over 20 years in Orange County. Call us today for a free estimate. 1-866-487-1359

Outdoor Living Patio Covers

Southern California is a great area to have a outdoor living area and Orange County has the finest weather for entertaining outside. One of the most common questions is: should we install a open lattice patio cover or should we install a roof? It is true that installing a roof will cost more, But in the long run by installing a roof you protect your investment from the elements. TRU Landscape Services has installed hundreds of lattice patio covers in Orange County and we believe most people don’t even ask for a closed in patio cover because they hear it was too expensive. When you hire TRU Landscape Services to install your outdoor entertaining area we will do our best to provide a competitive estimate to install that roof on your patio cover.  If you would like to meet us at one of our current projects and see the detail that we put into our outdoor living areas, Please call today 1-866-487-1359

Landscape Company

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 25 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features, ponds, Putting Greens, we also offer Low Voltage Lighting, Synthetic Turf, Fire Pits, plus many other services.

Please call TRU Landscape Services toll free at : 1-866-487-1359

Landscape Orange County

Orange County Landscape

TRU Landscape Services has several projects in progress in Orange County. We provide all of your outdoor needs. Here’s a list of some of the services we don’t talk about that often. TRU Landscape Services has Bobcat’s which range from the smallest tractor to the larger Bobcat’s. These tractors have several attachments from concrete breakers to large buckets for moving materials around. Our professional operators work throughout Orange County on a daily basis. Call toll free for a free estimate today 1-866-487-1359

Orange County Concrete

TRU Landscape Services has been providing concrete removal for the last 20 years. Along with our concrete breakers we have concrete saws for cutting concrete and asphalt. Some of the saw cutting we provide is cutting decorative joints in concrete or maybe you need concrete cutting to remove the curb & gutter in order to replace the approach to your driveway. After were done saw cutting and removing your concrete or asphalt we can replace it too. There are several types of concrete installs we provide. Call toll free for a free estimate today 1-866-487-1359 or visit us online at www.trulandscape.com.

Landscape Services

TRU Landscape Services has been providing all of your outdoor needs for the past 25 years in Orange County. We provide both commercial and residential landscape services. Customer service is our highest priority. The projects we do range from small residential landscape up to large commercial landscapes. Call us today for a free estimate 1-866-487-1359

Orange County Synthetic Turf

Synthetic Turf

TRU Landscape Services just completed a Synthetic Turf project in Mission Viejo. This project was a front yard that we installed in Artificial Turf. The two major reasons our customer wanted new Synthetic turf was first they didn’t have time to mow the grass, not to mention the up keep on real grass. The second reason was the gophers were out of control.  Our customer lives close to a school and school yards usually have gopher problems. The gophers were not only destroying the grass but they were killing the plants too. Gophers eat the root systems on the plants which causes the plants to die.

Waterless Grass

TRU Landscape Services arrived at the project and right away started grading the front yard. First, we removed the top 3” inches of soil. After removing the top soil we installed a mesh to help keep the gophers out. The best way to control gophers is to have a pest control company maintain the grounds at all times. These customers never had a pest control company out to the property. The current company we use is not expensive compared to replacing all of the grass and plants. These companies are licensed with the State of California and train all of there workers on the most current methods of rodent control. After installing the mesh we installed and compacted a base product to the top 3” inches of the yard. After compaction we level out the yard and install a weed blocker cloth. This landscape fabric will help keep the weeds from growing back through the new Waterless grass. TRU Landscape Services has been out to several properties where the prior installers skipped the landscape fabric. By skipping the fabric they opened the door for the old weeds & grass to grow back through the seems and drainage holes. The only way to fix this problem is to remove the old turf and install a landscape fabric. It’s better to pay a little more money in the beginning then to have to pay twice for the  job.

Landscape Company

TRU Landscape Services can provide all of your outdoor needs. We install several different landscape products, including the following: Landscape Construction, Concrete walkway, driveways, sidewalks and pool decks, Synthetic turf, Putting greens, LED lighting, Ponds, Irrigation systems, Outdoor drains. Pavers and outdoor kitchens. TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 25 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features, ponds, Putting Greens, we also offer Low Voltage Lighting, Synthetic Turf, Fire Pits, plus many other services.

Please call TRU Landscape Services toll free at : 1-866-487-1359

Orange County Landscape

Orange County Landscape

TRU Landscape Services just finished a Landscape renovation in Orange County. The Church that hired us had over 100 Rose bushes in the front of the church. This was a problem because after Sunday services the children would be playing in the rose bushes.  Another problem the church had was a busy street in front of the property. During the week the church has a child care program and there is no fence to keep the children from running out into the street. The first phase of this landscape renovation was to move the Rose bushes. The church didn’t want to throw away the roses, so we moved them onto another part of the property. The best time of the year to move roses is during the winter. So the first problem we faced was that it was the middle of the summer and it was very hot outside. This is not the best time of the year to move the roses. After explaining this to our customer we agreed to move forward. On the first day we moved all of the Roses and started the irrigation.

Orange County Sprinklers

TRU Landscape Services provides all different types of irrigation services in Orange County. For these Rose Bushes we installed the new Toro water saver nozzles. First we installed new pipes along all of the roses. Then we installed the new sprinklers. After flushing the new sprinklers out we installed the water saving nozzles. Right after finishing the sprinkler system we turned on the water. We thought it would be best to water the Roses twice a day. We are happy to say that all of the Roses lived through the landscape renovation.

Orange County Block Wall

The second phase of this project was to install a new fence around the front of the property. First we installed the block pilasters. We built the pilasters out of Split Face blocks. These blocks do cost more to install but we feel like the appearance is well worth the money. After finishing the block pilasters we moved forward to the installing of the Wrought Iron fencing. Our customer was extremely happy with the new fencing!!

Plant Installation

TRU Landscape Services has over 25 years of experience in the landscape industry. We take pride in choosing a plant that will last many years. Not only will these plants live several years, but they help soften the look of the surrounding buildings. Plants add value to your property. Call today for a free estimate.      1-866-487-1359

Landscape Company

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 25 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features, ponds, Putting Greens, we also offer Low Voltage Lighting, Synthetic Turf, Fire Pits, plus many other services.

Please call TRU Landscape Services toll free at : 1- 866-487-1359

Orange County Astro Turf

Orange County Astro Turf

TRU Landscape Services was contacted by a customer today. This customer lives in Anaheim Hills. The city of Anaheim Hills is located in Orange County, California. Yorba Linda is a city that borders Anaheim Hills along with the city of Orange. Our customer wanted a estimate on Synthetic Turf in their back yard. The customer was asking normal questions about our Synthetic Turf, but they were referring to the Synthetic Turf as Astro Turf. Lets get the record straight, Astro Turf is a brand name of a company that makes turf. There are many people who confuse the short outdoor patio rug (Astro Turf) with the modern day Synthetic Turf. We call Synthetic Turf many different name such as, Artificial Turf, Water-less Grass, Fake Grass and just Turf. But we never call it Astro Turf. Driving through Orange County you can see many people trying to use Astro Turf for their yards. It doesn’t last very long in the direct sun light. It was made for indoor patios or outdoor patios with covers on top of them. There are many steps that we take before installing Synthetic Turf. If you skip one of these steps you will see a difference in the final product. Which leads to the picture below. This picture is what not to do!

Artificial Turf Orange County

The Artificial Turf we install has a eight year manufacture warranty. On completion of our jobs we provide our customer a copy of the warranty. TRU Landscape Services is a licensed contractor with the state of California. We have a C27 Landscape Contractor license #894221. Did you know that unlicensed complaints are up 33 percent in California? We have liability insurance and workers comp insurance. These insurances that we carry protect our customers. TRU Landscape Services is a certified installer for Synthetic Turf. We have been approached in the past to teach Artificial Turf classes. These classes teach other contractors how to install Synthetic Turf properly. We have been hired by cities to consult on the Synthetic Turf installation techniques. One city hired us to teach their public workers, how to install Synthetic Turf. Synthetic Turf is so new that many different techniques are used to install it. We take into mind that Synthetic Turf is going to last up to 30 years. This is many years of exposure to the elements. One company was using a bender board for their edges. How long will a small piece of wood last out in the elements? Not to mention all of the foot traffic. We use plastic in all of our borders. Plastic has been proven to last. We have installed hundreds of Synthetic Turf jobs in Orange County. Call us out for a free estimate, and we’ll show you the difference in our install techniques. When your having a product installed that could last up to 30 years, don’t hire a company that will take short cuts. TRU Landscape Services has been out on repairs that could not be fixed. We had to remove the Turf and start over from the beginning. We couldn’t use the same turf over. The other company had cut the turf to short, so we had to use new turf all together. Why not just add a small piece of  new turf ? Synthetic Turf comes in different Dye lots on each roll. There is a good chance you would see a slight difference in the old turf and the new turf. TRU Landscape provides competitive pricing. Plus we use the highest quality materials on all of our installs.

TRU Landscape has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 20 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features including pondless waterfalls, koi fish ponds, garden ponds, we also offer lightscaping, Synthetic Turf, putting greens, plus many other services.
Please call Tru Landscape toll free at : 866-487-1359