How a Job With Tree Removal Saint Louis Goes

Tree Removal Saint Louis takes down, cuts back and grinds out trees for homeowners in the City of St. Louis and the many municipalities of St. Louis County. Most of our calls involve a tree that has become a problem: an ash that has died standing, a silver maple dropping limbs on a garage roof, a Bradford pear that split in a thunderstorm, or a big oak leaning toward the house after a wet spring.

Starting with the property, not the tree

We walk the site before we price anything. In the city that usually means a narrow lot, a brick house within a few feet of the trunk, a garage on the alley and wires running along the back of the yard. In the county it may mean a long sloped lot, a fence line shared with three neighbors, or a tree that is easy to reach but hangs over a pool. How a tree has to come down depends on those details at least as much as on its height, and we plan the job around them: which limbs can drop, which need to be lowered on ropes, where a chipper can park, and whether a crane would be the safer choice.

Checking whose tree it is

The City of St. Louis Forestry Division manages trees in the tree lawn, the strip between the curb and the sidewalk, and anyone who prunes, treats or removes one of those trees needs a Permit to Maintain from Forestry first. If the tree you are worried about stands in that strip, we tell you during the visit, before you get a quote, and point you to Forestry or the Citizens' Service Bureau. Suburbs in St. Louis County set their own rules for right-of-way trees, so we check what applies at your address. When a tree is tangled in a power line, Ameren Missouri or its line clearance crews handle the line first.

Writing it down

After the visit you get a written quote. Each tree gets its own line: what will be done, how the wood and brush will be handled, whether the stump is included, and the price. Nothing is cut until you approve it. If something changes on the day, such as rot that turns out to be worse than it looked from the ground, we stop and agree on it with you before going further.

How we work

• Limbs over roofs, fences and gardens lowered on ropes instead of dropped
• Plywood or mats laid down where equipment crosses a lawn, when the ground calls for it
• Ash wood kept local, since moving it spreads emerald ash borer
• Logs left in rounds, split for firewood or hauled off, your choice
• Storm calls sorted by danger: trees on roofs, blocked doors and driveways first
• Payment only for work you approved in writing

Call (314) 668-1571 to set up a free estimate.