Tree Removal in Maplewood, MO

Tree Removal in Maplewood is close-quarters work. The city covers about 1.56 square miles and had 4,842 housing units at the 2020 census, which works out to more than 3,000 homes per square mile. Maplewood grew up at the end of one of St. Louis's streetcar lines, and its historic residential areas were mostly built between 1900 and 1910. On those blocks, a mature tree may stand a few feet from a brick foundation, with a neighbor's house just as close on the other side and wires overhead.

What close quarters means for the job

Almost every removal in Maplewood is a sectional takedown. A climber works from the top down, cutting limbs into pieces that can be lowered on ropes through a pulley set high in the tree. Pieces are guided between houses, fences and power lines, and the trunk comes down last in short rounds. Where an alley gives access, the chipper and truck can sit there. Where there is no alley, everything is carried through the gangway or side yard to the street. The time this takes is the main reason a Maplewood removal can cost more than a similar tree on an open suburban lot.

Old trees and old infrastructure

A century-old neighborhood has a century of digging under it: sewer laterals, water lines, gas lines, foundation repairs, sidewalk replacements. Each one may have cut roots on one side of a tree. Trees with roots cut close to the trunk can lean or fail even if the crown looks healthy. If a sewer or foundation contractor tells you they need to dig near a large tree, it is worth talking about the tree before the excavation, not after.

Trees we often see in Maplewood

• Silver maples and hackberries with large limbs over roofs and garages
• Dead or dying ash between houses
• Volunteer trees grown up against fences, garages and foundations
• Trees growing into service lines in the back of the lot
• Old stumps from past removals still sitting in small front yards

Stump grinding is especially useful on small lots, where an old stump can take up a big share of the lawn or garden. We grind below grade and can leave the area ready for planting or new sod, and we rake the grindings out or haul them, whichever you prefer.

Deer Creek and the south edge

Interstate 44 runs just south of the city limits near Deer Creek. Trees in low ground near the creek can sit in saturated soil after heavy rain, which makes them more prone to leaning or uprooting during summer thunderstorms.

Estimates

Call (314) 668-1571 or send the form. Tell us whether there is alley access and how close the tree is to the house. We will visit, look at the access, and give you a written estimate. Get a free estimate