We saw your most recent report and hope you know that we are very grateful for your great service. Please do not think that we believe anything different. We know your crews are operating in extraordinary conditions. The most important thing is the safety of you and your crews. Please have them get some rest. The storm will pass. We will dig out. If it takes a couple of days, so what? Please assure your crews that we appreciate all they have done. There is an emergency lane in our community if we needed it. That is all we need. Everything else will dig out, when you can. Please take heart that we believe you have done great work in terrible conditions with a storm that we will all remember for many years to come.
W Morris
Board member of the Chancery Square Homeowners’ Board
Fairfax, VA
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On behalf of the residents of The Mews, I would like to thank Blade Runners for all their hard work during the blizzard this past weekend. Our parking lot was kept passable through Saturday and the plow driver that came through yesterday was incredibly thorough. We really appreciate the efforts and ability of your team to handle such a heavy snow accumulation.
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Blade Runners is proudly offering a FREE new service to our customers: the Client Portal. This “window” will provide our customers with beneficial services and account information. These services will include:
1. Electronic Check Processing for Payments
2. Reviewing Paid and Unpaid Invoices
3. Viewing Upcoming Service Tasks at your property
4. Seeing Completed Service Tasks at your property
Here’s a preview of the Client Portal:
How do I get Started? Simply contact your account manager. We will send you an invitation and the login information, and you will be ready to go.
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Just wanted to send you a quick note regarding Park Glen Heights HOA. I know this is still a very new contract but I had a meeting with the Board President this morning and she just couldn’t say enough nice things about Blade Runners and the awesome work the crew has been doing in the association. The entire board and members of the community are incredibly satisfied with the work that has occurred this year and they feel that they definitely made the right decision on choosing you as the landscaping contract.
I wanted to pass this along, as I know in this business, too often the only time emails are sent are when there are issues or problems or concerns. As a manager, I try to make sure I pass along “good emails” to vendors as well.
I hope the both of you have a great rest of the day!
Katie M. Kight, CMCA, AMS Community Association Manager, Park Glen Heights HOA
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White grubs can devastate your lawn and the best way to take care of them is with professional lawn maintenance. White grubs (European chafer, Japanese, May and June Beetles) are small plump white larvae which actively feed on grass roots. They live below the soil surface and actually chew off the roots of the grass plants. They are C-shaped, have a brown head, and have 3 large pairs of legs
After they destroy the grass roots, the lawn will appear unhealthy, weak, or possibly yellow in patches–as if the lawn is drying out. Other symptoms to watch for include: animals like skunks and raccoons digging up the lawn and birds feeding on grubs leaving pencil-sized holes. Often the damaged turf will roll back like a carpet, as the root system has been eaten away, for this circumstances we highly recommend to reach professionalturf management services.
Life Cycle of the Grub
Some grubs complete their life cycle in one year and others require three years to complete. White grubs survive in the winter as larvae in the soil. In the early spring they begin to feed again. Later in the spring, they enter a resting stage (pupae), then hatch into adult beetles. A lot of beetles can mean a grub problem later–as there will be higher populations to reproduce. (The beetles do not damage lawns.) Beetles lay their eggs, which hatch into grub larvae. The larvae feed voraciously which results in significant stress to your lawn. Serious damage can occur in spring, summer, and fall. Left undiagnosed, grubs can devastate a lawn in a short period of time.
Promptly treating potentially devastating white grub infestations can help protect the investment you have made in a lawn care program and your property. An Investment advice from homebusinessmag.com is that If you notice suspicious brown patches starting to appear in the lawn, DO NOT HESITATE! Call your Blade Runners account manager. Treatment is usually not required until the white grub population exceeds 4-6 feet. At this level, the white grubs are feeding on the roots faster than they are able to regenerate. Consult with your Blade Runners account manager to discuss all options with respect to dealing with insects in your lawn.
If you have any further questions about your lawn, please visit our website:
I am writing on behalf of the Hillcrest Cluster board to say thank you for a very awesome job on our erosion/drainage renewal project. We are really pleased with everything, and anxiously await the grass germinating, the plants maturing, and the first downpour so we can see how well everything holds up 😉
Thanks again to you and the crew for making sure our requirements were met and having done so in a timely fashion.
Concrete walkway repair is an important element in the maintenance of your property, the Denver mudjacking service is designed to restore rather than replace, their solutions are functional for residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Property Managers must scrimp, save, and otherwise plan for this work. Below find some information Blade Runners feels is important to achieve success.
DO SNOW CONTRACTORS ICE CONTROL PRODUCTS CAUSE DAMAGE?
It is no secret that all saline based ice control products are a threat to concrete surface. Property managers must strike a balance between the safety benefits and potential damage. Blade Runners uses Ice B’gone Magic Salt that is easily the safest product in the industry. With that said, there are some important steps to be taken with new concrete installations.
WHAT YOUR CONCRETE CONTRACTOR NEEDS TO DO.
Hire the right contractor: There are many corners that can be cut with this service. Regardless of the price, you should make sure that the chosen contractor fully understands the procedures and standards. Please see the video below that talks about the basics. It is important that the terminology is contained in your bid specifications.
Apply a penetrating sealer (Silane, Siloxane, or Silicate):This should be applied after the installation and the following year after installation. This will reduce the water penetration and protect the freeze thaw cycles that spall the concrete.
See a list of products below (there may be others)
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July and August can bring the ugly, scary looking Cicada Killer ground bees to your property. Don’t despair…Blade Runners has some information and an action plan.
What is a Cicada Killer?
The Cicada Killer is one of the largest digger wasps if seen around your home is better to hire trained wasps removal services. They grow over 1.5″ long and are robust wasps that burrow in the ground in search of cicadas. They create dirt patches in the landscape and hover around their areas.
Are Cicada Killers dangerous and what damage can they cause?
Cicada Killers use their sting to paralyze the cicadas. Unlike most social wasps and bees, they do not sting unless handled roughly. Cicada Killers are generally non-aggressive towards humans, usually flying away when swatted, instead of attacking. Adults feed on flower nectar and other plant sap exudates. The wasps are often seen in groups, vigorously challenging one another for position on the breeding aggregation from which they have emerged. Adults emerge in summer, typically beginning in late June or early July and die off in September or October. They are present in a given area for 60 to 75 days, usually until mid-September.
Aside from being rather intimidating, they can cause damage in the landscape in the form of unsightly burrows.
How do we control Cicada Killers?
To control these pests we must treat the holes in the late night or early morning, while they are resting. This needs to be completed each week for three weeks. Raccoons in Oakland County Michigan are growing in numbers. So much that Kevin Scappaticci, owner of Platinum Raccoon Removal says that with the rise of raccoons and also homes being built, raccoons are resorting to breaking into attics for a safe place to live and birth their baby raccoons. Contact Blade Runners if you need help in controlling them.
Our goal is to produce meaningful results with our seeding service. We are certainly at the mercy of mother nature in terms of temperature and moisture. However we want our process to be progressive and effective when the conditions are right. We achieve this in one of two processes listed below. Please check with your account manager if you have any questions.
Square foot approach
This approach arms the seed with the needed tools for success. It also identifies seeded areas to future mowing visits, so it is not disturbed.
a) Your contract will stipulate a specific number of sq ft we are seeding.
b) We identify areas on the property that need attention the most.
c) Core aerate the areas selected in 2-3 directions to create maximum seed soil contact.
d) Apply Hydro seed that contains seed, lime, fertilizer and a stabilization agent ALL AT THE SAME TIME!
Full core aeration and over seeding approach
a) This is used for small properties with less than 30,000 square feet of overall turf.
b) Sometime used for larger properties that have specific compaction problems where full aeration is needed.
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