Tree Care Questions
Straight answers to the questions Richmond Hill homeowners ask us most.
Straight Answers
These are the questions we hear most from homeowners in Richmond Hill: what things cost, whether you need a permit, what to do about a neighbour’s tree, and more. Each answer starts with the short version, then explains.
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Questions and Answers
- Tree Removal Cost It depends on the tree's size, how easy it is to reach, what's around it and its condition.
- Tree Removal Permits Possibly.
- Grinding vs. Removal Grinding chews the stump below the grass and leaves the roots to rot.
- Stump Grinding Cost It depends mostly on how wide the stump is, how many stumps there are and how easy they are to reach.
- Best Time to Trim For most trees, late fall through winter, while they're dormant and the leaves are off.
- Is My Tree Dead? Look for no leaves in season, bark falling off, brittle twigs that snap instead of bending, and dry brown wood under the bark.
- Dangerous Trees Watch for large dead branches, cracks or splits in the trunk, fungus at the base, a new lean with soil lifting, hollow or soft wood, and broken limbs hanging in the canopy.
- Property Line Trees In Ontario, a tree whose trunk grows across the property line is generally considered to belong to both owners, and it shouldn't be removed or seriously damaged without the neighbour's consent.
- Neighbour's Branches Generally, in Ontario you can trim branches that hang over your property, back to the property line, as long as you don't go onto your neighbour's land or harm the health of the tree.
- How Long Removal Takes It depends on the tree.
- What Happens to the Wood We haul it away.
- How Deep Grinding Goes Below the grass line, far enough that you can cover the spot with soil and seed or sod.
- Will a Stump Grow Back? The tree itself won't grow back from a stump, but some species send up new shoots from the stump or roots.
- How Often to Trim Most mature yard trees only need a proper trim every few years.
- Tree Close to the House Not necessarily.
- Trimming vs. Pruning People use the words interchangeably.
What Neighbours Say
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They sent an arborist to provide a quote for tree cutting and trimming the same day I called. Scott and his team completed the job efficiently and left no mess!
Karen Jang, Google review
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Heather and Scott are very friendly and professional, very easy to communicate with. The work was done fast and clean. Highly recommended!
Maggie Li, Google review
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Easy to deal with, quick and very professional team. Thanks Heather and team.
Vivek Chandra, Google review
Call or Text for a Free Quote
Tell us about your tree and we'll come out the same day. If a trim will do, we'll say so.
- Hours
- Mon to Sun, 8am to 8pm
- Address
- 9665 Bayview Ave, Richmond Hill, ON L4C 9V4
Get directions - Where we work
- We work all over Richmond Hill, including Oak Ridges, Jefferson, Elgin Mills, Carrville, Headford, Quaker, Temperanceville.
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