Tree Service in Murrysville, PA

Tree Service in Murrysville often involves bigger lots and more trees than the inner suburbs. The municipality covers about 36.8 square miles, two-thirds the land area of the City of Pittsburgh, with 21,006 residents in 2020. It mixes residential neighborhoods with rural landscapes, and it holds more than 1,200 acres of parkland, including Murrysville Community Park and part of the Westmoreland Heritage Trail. It sits about 20 miles east of Pittsburgh along U.S. Route 22, across the Allegheny County line in Westmoreland County.

Growth into the woods

Murrysville had 7,396 housing units in 2000 and 8,737 in 2020, about 1,300 more homes in twenty years. Many of those went onto wooded ground, so newer homes often have a tree line within falling distance. Those edge trees, which grew up sheltered and now stand exposed, are frequent removals here, along with dead ash left behind by emerald ash borer.

Lanternfly in Westmoreland

Westmoreland County was added to Pennsylvania's spotted lanternfly quarantine on March 10, 2021, one of eight counties added that year. State officials said at the time that the county wasn't completely infested but that some municipalities were. Tree-of-heaven, the insect's preferred host, turns up along roadsides, utility corridors and field edges. If we see it on a property, we point it out.

Gas country history

Murrysville is where the Haymaker brothers drilled one of the nation's first commercial natural gas wells in 1878. Until a pipeline was attached in 1883, it released about 35 million cubic feet of gas a day. Gas lines still cross parts of the region, and that is one reason we call PA One Call (811) before stump grinding or anything else that breaks the ground.

How we plan a Murrysville visit

• Ask which trees concern you and walk the whole property, since larger lots often hide a hazard you haven't noticed
• Check access for equipment on long driveways and soft lawns
• Separate urgent removals from pruning that can wait
• Decide together what happens to the wood: chipped and hauled, left as logs, or cut for firewood
• Put it all in a written estimate you can approve in parts

Rural roads and storm work

Many Murrysville homes sit along tree-lined back roads. After summer thunderstorms or heavy wet snow, trees across driveways and limbs on roofs are the usual calls. For anything on a power line, call the electric utility and stay clear. Once the line is safe, we can handle the rest.

Long driveways, soft lawns

On bigger Murrysville properties, the tree is often a long way from the road. Equipment may need to cross a lawn, a septic field or a soft spot to reach it. We look at that route on the estimate visit, avoid septic areas, and use mats or smaller equipment where the ground is soft, so the lawn isn't torn up afterward.

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