Tree Removal is our specialty and at Tommy Trees and we always provide great tree care and other related tree services at an unbeatable price to Southfields NY home and commercial property owners alike.

Our mission is to earn your business by delivering exceptional quality tree removal work with great customer service at unbeatable prices! We wish to be the tree service for all your tree removal needs. We will complete your tree removal job with a minimum of impact on your lawn and landscapes. We also do jobs by hand when needed to protect your property.
We are committed to giving you the very best price quote on your tree removal or other tree service work. If we fail to give you the best price we’ll meet or beat any competitor’s written tree removal estimate and provide equal or better quality work.

Please call us and provide us the opportunity to make you another satisfied customer.
Free Tree Removal Estimates in Southfields NY – 845 590-9255.

We are a fully insured tree service company with the equipment to get your tree removal job done promptly with affordable pricing.
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Tommy Trees provides Tree Removal Services and more to: Arden | Balmville | Beaverdam Lake-Salisbury Mills | Blooming Grove | Bullville | Central Valley | Chester | Circleville | Cornwall | Cornwall-on-Hudson | Crawford | Deerpark | Firthcliffe | Florida | Fort Montgomery | Gardnertown | Goshen | Greenville | Greenwood Lake | Hamptonburgh | Harriman | Highland Falls | Highland Mills | Highlands | Howells | Kiryas Joel | Little Britain | Maybrook | Mechanicstown | Middletown | Minisink | Monroe | Montgomery | Mount Hope | Mountain Lodge Park | Mountainville | New Hampton | New Windsor | New Windsor | Newburgh | Orange Lake | Otisville | Pine Bush | Pine Island | Port Jervis | Scotchtown | Slate Hill | South Blooming Grove | Sugar Loaf | Thompson Ridge | Tuxedo | Tuxedo Park | Unionville | Vails Gate | Walden | Wallkill | Warwick | Warwick | Washingtonville | Wawayanda | West Point | Westbrookville | Woodbury | Woodbury

So why would you want to remove a tree anyway?  As a tree service| tree removal is a lot of what we do.  We love our job but we always want to remove trees for the right reasons. Below is a list of the most common reasons for tree removal in Southfields NY.

Dead| Dying| Diseased Trees:  One of the most popular reasons for tree removal is that the tree is dead| dying| and diseased.  This is also the most justifiable reason to for tree removal.  The tree is dead or near death and needs to be removed before it becomes a hazard to people and structures around it. (See Liability Issues below)

Storm Damaged or Injured Trees: Occasionally storm damage may just be a broken limb that doesn’t compromise the tree but it is a good practice to have any specific tree that has definitely lost a pretty big limb assessed by a tree professional who may do a risk evaluation on the tree to verify more limbs aren’t injured and waiting to fall. We provide this service for free. Injured trees are most likely to fail/fall but injuries don’t always require tree removal. We and almost all true tree service professionals perform free inspections.

Tree outgrows it’s area: Trees close to a property is a total “catch 22” situation. On the one hand the shade that trees offer reduces cooling expenditures in the summertime and provides a buffer against the winter wind. Meanwhile the drop in sunlight can add to mold and rotten wood causing maintenance costs to grow (this is addressed in more detail in the maintenance part below). Trees next to houses can also enable unwanted pests like squirrels and mice to gain access to the attic. A customer of ours had us remove some trees touching on his house due to the fact that a family of squirrels which had gotten inside his attic and trampled his insulation and chewed electrical wires. He shelled out a lot of money having someone trap and take out the squirrels| repair the holes they chewed in the roof eaves| then afterwards had to re-insulate and re-wire the loft. In cases where limbs are effectively in contact with the house the constant swaying of the trees can lead to damaged shingles or home siding.

Sometimes if a tree is very near to a house we may just trim or prune the tree limbs away from your home but if lots of limbs need to be taken off it could cause the tree to no longer be aesthetically pleasing. In which case it may be more suitable to take out the tree and plant another more compact growing tree or just simply go with a more suitable location.

Tree roots cause a problem: Unfortunately tree roots can sometimes clog up your septic system| or they can crack your driveway| sidewalk| pool or building. Since there is no way to stop this other than tree removal it is always prudent to conduct some research or consult a landscape professional when deciding on a location for trees around a building or driveway. Often people fail to understand the mature growth size of a tree before they plant it or they just plan to sell the home before it reaches maturity leaving the new owner to have to hire a professional tree service to remove the tree.

Impact on surrounding landscape: Because of their size trees can dominate smaller plants. Homeowners should certainly choose bushes or shrubs which have the ability to tolerate the competition for sunlight and water or they will have to live with a landscape not performing at it’s maximum potential. Grass that isn’t really performing well under a tree can be assisted by increasing water and fertilizer but some lawns only do well in full sunshine. While it may be less costly to take out the tree| if you love the tree you might seek advice from a landscape professional about changing to a different sort of grass to save the tree.

Impact on home value:  While the right tree in the proper location can certainly improve a property’s value the inappropriate tree can hurt a home’s value. Often we can improve the curb appeal of a property in the woods by raising the tree canopy which is basically clearing away the lower limbs which are blocking the view of your property from the road. Having said that in some cases to boost the curb appeal we have to turn to tree removal.

Additions or Renovations: When it comes to trees sometimes two things can not really inhabit the same site. This is the scenario of a tree and your brand-new garage| home expansion| entrance| etc. Often in these situations tree removal is the sole choice and if you are feeling down about removing your treasured tree you can always plant another one. Even if it does not mature in our life-time our children or someone else’s kids may enjoy it.

Liability issues: are certainly not lawyers however this is the way in which falling trees are usually translated based upon the law. Assuming that the tree was not clearly dead or diseased you are not deemed to be negligent or at fault for the tree dropping down. You remove the portion of the tree that falls on your property and your neighbor is responsible for tree removal and repairs to his premises. You are actually only responsible for your residential property in this particular instance. If the tree that falls is perished or unhealthy the neighbor could sue and several insurance policies have a stipulation saying that they are exempt for lifeless or unhealthy trees. If this were to happen you can be held accountable for damages to the neighbor’s residential property and your insurance will not pay if they have a stipulation concerning dead or diseased trees. On the other hand if you have a next-door neighbor with a dead tree the best way to safeguard yourself is to advise them in writing and let them know 99 % of professional tree services will give a free evaluation. Then if the tree falls on your home you can use the written notice to position the expense of removal on your neighbor.

Maintenance: I don’t know many property owners who like to clean out gutters. We actually could start a gutter cleaning operation with the number of calls we get looking for a good low-cost gutter cleaning service. Everybody wants to have a cheap gutter cleaner but all the low-priced kind I know typically aren’t insured and that is why I refuse to refer them. Having said that clogged gutters are more frustrating than not possessing gutters at all. Blocked downspouts cause the water to overflow onto the face(fascia) boards and water trapped behind the gutters causes them to rot. So that requires you to install a gutter cap like http://www.leafguard.com or http://www.gutterguardian.com. Or else clean them yearly right after all the leaves have fallen and if you get fed up with that we are a tree removal expert.

Peace of Mind: We oftentimes remove trees simply because some people lay awake on windy night-times as a result of a certain tree or trees that move in the wind and looms over their house. The fact is the only way to insure a tree will never fall on the home is to take down all large trees within striking distance. It could be costly to remove a great deal of trees near your Southfields NY house and sometimes this gets rid of the fear but leaves behind some remorse. Typically fears could be calmed by having a tree service expert inspect the trees to ensure none of these have any flaws that would make them a more than normal threat. In the event that a tree has to be removed you really don’t need to beat yourself up for being a tree destroyer. Just plant a new native tree at a much better location on your estate and you are doing your part to restore the growth cycle. If you don’t have space on your property but still would like to make a contribution you can provide a donation to http://www.plantit2020.org They plant a tree for every single dollar donated and you can even specify the location by US State or country. Fell a tree in your yard and have a couple seeded in a non harvest location within New York or even opt to replant rainforests in Africa and Latin America.

We are happy to provide free tree care estimates in the Southfields NY and Orange County New York area. Call Tommy Trees on 845 590-9255 for a tree removal appointment today.

Topic: Tree Removal Service & Tree Care in Southfields New York and Orange County NY