7 Things You Should Know About Blown-in Mulch
Mulch blowing is a fairly new service and many Colorado residents and business owners aren’t even aware it’s an option for mulching residential and commercial areas. With blown-in mulch, you don’t need to spread mulch the old-fashioned way or hire a team to do it for you. This service offers faster mulching, smoother and more even results, and labor savings and it can be used to mulch almost any space from residential flowerbeds to large construction sites. Here’s what you should know about having mulch blown in.
#1. Blown-in mulch delivers smoother results
If you’re a stickler for clean-looking landscaping, blown-in mulch is for you. When mulch is blown in place, the results are very uniform with a smooth, sleek surface that’s almost impossible to achieve with by hand. There will be no mess left behind, including out-of-place mulch and wheelbarrow tracks, because the mulch is applied with great precision.
#2. It only requires a team of two
Mulching even a large commercial property doesn’t require a large team of contractors working with wheelbarrows. Instead, just two technicians are needed to blow mulch into place: one technician holds the controls and end of the hose to apply the mulch and the other technician carries and positions the hose.
#3. Hard-to-reach areas are mulched easily
Forget about trying to push a heavy wheelbarrow up steep inclines or crawling on your hands and knees to mulch in tight areas. Mulch blowers make it easy and painless to apply mulch anywhere because technicians are walking on foot and blowing the mulch using a very long, flexible hose. Steep hills, rocky areas, tight corners, around fencing, and even on roofs — nothing is off limits.
#4. Mulch is installed quickly
One of the biggest reasons homeowners and commercial clients turn to blown-in mulch is the speed at which mulch can be applied. Instead of spending an entire weekend mulching or the high labor costs of hiring a crew to spread mulch manually, you can have your entire property mulched in a matter of hours by just two technicians. Imagine having the grounds on a large apartment complex mulched in a single day without worrying about cleaning up the mess a crew would leave behind.
#5. Disruption is Minimal
Most homeowners don’t enjoy the thought of a crew of contractors spending the entire day on their property making noise and leaving a mess. Commercial clients have other another concern: a mulching crew can disrupt business. When mulch is blown in place, the disruption to your property is minimal with only two technicians on foot who can mulch the property in a short amount of time.
#6. The labor savings can be significant
Don’t assume blown-in mulch costs a fortune. It’s true that mulch blower companies have invested in specialized equipment which is considered in the cost of installation but the labor costs are reduced dramatically. You don’t need to pay a team to spend a day inefficiently mulching by hand. When you invest in blown-in mulch, it takes just two technicians the same amount of time to do what it would take a 10-person crew about 10 hours to do.
#7. Anyone can benefit from blown-in mulch
Blown-in mulch isn’t just for commercial property owners. This easy, cost-effective solution can work just as well for residential landscaping as it does for large commercial and public-owned properties.