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.
Anything still caught up in the canopy rather than down on the ground deserves a wide berth - it can drop the rest of the way with no warning at all. Snap a photo if you can do it safely, then get in touch and describe what you're looking at.
Never try to pull a hung-up limb free yourself. That's one of the more dangerous jobs in this line of work, and it's ours to handle.
Before touching anything, we take photos, note what happened, and put together a written estimate - which satisfies most insurance companies' requirements on its own. If yours asks for something more specific, just say so.
Often, yes. A tree that's carried decades of accumulated deadwood or old internal decay tends to lose limbs more readily in high wind than a younger, structurally cleaner tree. It's part of why we treat storm calls in this neighbourhood as a priority.
Usually within hours of the call, barring a storm big enough to have every crew in the city responding at once. Either way, we'll tell you honestly what to expect rather than leave you guessing.
Any hour, day or night, storm damage gets one response: call (647) 370-3917. When it's safe to think about anything else, the home page has everything we handle.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
