Tree Service in Penn Hills, PA

Tree Service in Penn Hills covers one of Allegheny County's largest suburbs. The municipality spans about 19.1 square miles of land east of Pittsburgh, with the Allegheny River to the northwest, and had 41,059 residents in 2020. Its population peaked at 62,886 in 1970, so most neighborhoods date from the postwar decades, and their yard trees are now large and mature.

Streams on every side

Plum Creek forms much of the border with Plum and runs past Milltown Community Park and Penn Hills Community Park before reaching the Allegheny through Oakmont. Shades Run marks part of the line with Pittsburgh near Lincoln Park. Sandy Creek, Thompson Run, Quigley Run and Duffs Run cut through the rest. That adds up to a lot of wooded ravines behind back yards, and a lot of hillside.

When the hills move

February 2018 brought record rainfall to the Pittsburgh area, and PennDOT's District 11 handled more than 60 landslides on state roads, including one at Hulton and Old Hulton roads in Penn Hills that closed a lane. Saturated slopes are hard on trees as well as roads. A tree that tilts suddenly after heavy rain, with soil cracking on the uphill side, may be part of a slope that is moving. That calls for a look before the next storm, not after.

After the utility crews leave

Duquesne Light and its contractors trim and remove trees near power lines across the area. In October 2023, residents on McCutcheon Lane and Shenandoah Drive in Penn Hills told KDKA that logs from that work had been sitting in their yards for weeks, and that they had to haul wood to Monroeville themselves to get rid of it. The Penn Hills manager said the municipality has no jurisdiction over the utility, and that the Public Utility Commission does.

If you have wood left behind after line clearance, start by contacting Duquesne Light directly, since the company asked customers to do that. If it isn't removed and you want it gone, we can quote cutting it up, chipping the brush and hauling the logs away, or splitting the job so you keep firewood.

Common Penn Hills jobs

• Removing large oaks and maples on sloped lots above houses
• Dead ash and hollow trees along the ravines behind properties
• Clearing wood and brush left from storms or utility work
• Pruning limbs off roofs, driveways and the service wire to the house
• Stump grinding after removals

Wet slopes and root rot

On Penn Hills hillsides that stay wet, root rot is a common hidden problem. Mushrooms or conks at the base of a tree, a thinning crown and dead roots that crumble when you dig at them are warning signs. A tree with heavy root decay can fall over in one piece with little warning, so those signs are worth a call even if the crown still looks green.

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