We recommend removal last, not first - but once a tree's decline has moved past the point where saving it makes sense, the job covers cutting, hauling and cleanup together in one visit.
A handful of signs matter most: a crown that's lost more than it's kept, a trunk that's hollow or split open, or root and structural damage bad enough to threaten the tree staying upright. Age alone doesn't decide it - a lot of Don Mills' original trees are holding up just fine.
It can. A property along the greenbelt or ravine corridor built into Don Mills' original plan may fall under extra natural-feature protections layered on top of the standard permit process, and that gets checked before any recommendation goes out.
Yes, once a trunk passes 30 centimetres across - and given how old most of this neighbourhood's trees are, that threshold catches a large share of them. We take care of the application regardless of outcome.
Standard practice is to haul everything away, but say the word and we'll cut the trunk into rounds sized for a fireplace instead. On a lot backing onto ravine or greenbelt land, we're especially deliberate about equipment access so the natural area next door stays undisturbed.
Tell (647) 370-2198 where the tree is and describe the shape it's in, and we'll get a visit on the calendar toward a firm number. Something else on your mind? Our other services are just a click away.
A short list of additional jobs comes up often enough here to be worth mentioning.
Good trimming clears out what's dead or in the way and leaves the tree's shape intact - straightforward on a young tree still finding its form, considerably less so on one that's spent close to seven decades settling into its final structure.
View Tree Trimming and Pruning
A dead branch has one direction left to go, and the only real question is timing. Getting to it before gravity does is the whole job here, especially on trees this far along that have already built up plenty of deadwood.
View Dead Branch Removal
A downed limb or a split trunk after a storm calls for a fast response no matter the circumstances - and on a neighbourhood where so many trees share a similar age, one storm can leave more damage spread across more yards than it would somewhere with a younger, more varied canopy.
View Emergency Storm Damage Cleanup
Size alone rarely justifies removing a tree that's simply gotten bigger than its original spot allows for. Thinning and reduction exist for exactly this situation - scaling a canopy back down without sacrificing the decades it took to grow.
View Crown Thinning and Canopy Reduction
Running a cable between two major limbs relieves the strain on a union that's starting to give way, before it fails outright - frequently the difference between a mature tree surviving a bad storm and losing it entirely.
View Tree Cabling and Bracing
Grinding is the fast way to close out a removal: the wheel works the stump down below the surrounding grade in one pass, and by the time we're packing up, the space is already usable again. Root systems built over six or seven decades still come down to size in that same single visit.
View Stump Grinding and RemovalGive (647) 370-2198 a call and lay out the situation - we'll put a written number together once we've seen it for ourselves.
We'll reply within one business day of hearing the species, the size, and your best guess at the tree's age. Prefer to explain it by phone? Call (647) 370-2198.
