Working With Pittsburgh Tree Service Pros

Pittsburgh Tree Service Pros handles tree removal, pruning, stump grinding, storm cleanup, hillside work and tree health checks for homeowners in the City of Pittsburgh and the boroughs and townships around it, from Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park in the South Hills to Ross, Shaler and McCandless in the North Hills, Penn Hills and Monroeville to the east, and Moon and Robinson to the west.

Pittsburgh is a hard city to cut trees in. A typical job here involves some combination of a slope, a retaining wall, a set of steps, a narrow alley, a neighbor's roof six feet away and wires running through the crown. So every estimate starts in your yard. We look at the tree: species, lean, dead wood, cracks, cavities, fungus at the base, signs of emerald ash borer on ash or banded leaves on beech. Then we look at everything around it, including how a crew and its gear would actually get to it. On hillside lots, how the wood gets out is often the biggest part of the plan.

We also sort out whose tree it is before quoting. In the City of Pittsburgh, a tree planted in the street right-of-way belongs to the city, even if a homeowner paid to plant it, and the city's Forestry Division asks residents to call it before hiring anyone. Private work on a city tree needs a tree work permit, and the city requires that work to be supervised by an ISA Certified Arborist. If a tree looks like a street tree, we tell you at the estimate so you can check with the city first. Trees in contact with power lines go to Duquesne Light.

After the visit you get a written quote. Each tree has its own line: what will be done, how it will come down or be cut back, what happens to the logs and brush, whether the stump is included, and the price. Nothing gets cut until you approve the quote, and if something changes once the work starts, we talk to you before doing anything extra.

How a job runs

• Limbs over roofs, walls and neighbors' yards are lowered on ropes, not dropped.
• Pruning cuts follow ANSI A300 practice: no topping, no flush cuts, no climbing spikes on trees that are staying.
• Oaks are pruned December through March whenever the job can wait, because of oak wilt.
• Logs left in rounds, cut to firewood length or hauled away, as you choose.
• Storm calls are taken in order of danger: trees on houses and blocked exits first.
• You pay only for the work you approved in writing.

Call (412) 789-1968 to set up a free estimate, or send the form with a few photos.