A dead branch has already made its decision - it's coming down eventually, the only open question is when and onto what. Getting ahead of it before that answer arrives on its own is the whole point of this service.
A handful of clues together usually tell the story: no leaves coming in while everything around it is green, bark that comes away with barely any effort instead of holding fast, and a dry, faded colour underneath rather than the moist look of live tissue. Send a photo and we can often form an opinion before we've even arrived.
Yes, simply as a function of age. A tree that's been standing since the neighbourhood's original build-out has had a full century to accumulate shaded-out interior branches and storm-damaged limbs that never fully recovered - deadwood is a normal part of a tree that old, not necessarily a sign anything's gone badly wrong.
A dead branch is riskier than its appearance suggests. Live wood bends and absorbs wind; dead wood has lost that flexibility entirely, so it snaps outright instead of giving way gradually. Under a driveway, a patio, or anywhere people walk regularly, that kind of sudden failure is worth taking seriously.
Let (647) 370-3917 know the branch's location and what's below it, and a price will follow. Wondering what else is on offer? It's all listed on the home page.
A handful of additional jobs come up regularly enough here to mention as well.
A well-planned trim removes what's failing or in the way while leaving the tree's natural form intact - and on a hundred-year-old tree, getting that judgment right matters more than on a young one still finding its shape.
View Tree Trimming and Pruning
Storm damage on a hundred-year-old tree can mean a lot more wood coming down than expected, and we treat every call that way until we've actually seen the site.
View Emergency Storm Damage Cleanup
Removal is the last recommendation we make, not the first, but when a tree's decline or damage has gone past the point of saving, we handle the whole job - cutting, hauling and cleanup in one visit.
View Tree Removal
Outgrowing its original footprint isn't, by itself, a reason to remove a tree that's spent a hundred years getting to this size. Thinning and reduction offer a middle path - scaling the canopy back into proportion while keeping the tree that took generations to build.
View Crown Thinning and Canopy Reduction
A cable installed between two major limbs takes the load off a weak union before it fails - often the difference between keeping a tree that's stood for a century and losing it over one bad storm.
View Tree Cabling and Bracing
Left alone, a stump sticks around far longer than anyone wants to wait, and one from a tree that spent a century building out its root system is no exception. A single grinding visit takes it down below grade, freeing up the spot the same day.
View Stump Grinding and RemovalExplain the situation to (647) 370-3917, and we'll put together a written number after we've had a chance to see it in person.
Species, size and roughly how old the tree might be - send that over and expect a reply within a business day. Or just tell us over the phone: (647) 370-3917.
