How Tree Removal Naperville Handles a Job

Tree Removal Naperville takes down, cuts back and grinds out trees for homeowners in Naperville and the suburbs around it, on both the DuPage County and Will County sides of town, and out into Aurora, Lisle, Warrenville, Wheaton and the other towns along the DuPage and Fox rivers.

Most of our calls are about one of four things: an ash tree that is dying or already dead, a tree that came apart in a storm, a big tree that has simply outgrown a subdivision lot, or a stump left behind after someone else's work.

What we look at

On the visit we look at the tree itself: species, height, lean, dead limbs, cracks, cavities, fungus at the root flare, and on ash trees the thinning crown, bark flecking and D-shaped exit holes that point to emerald ash borer. Then we look at what surrounds it, because that usually decides how the tree has to come down: the house and deck, the fence line, the neighbor's garage, a backyard pool, the overhead service drop, and the path from the street to the backyard. In a lot of Naperville subdivisions the only way into the backyard is a gate between two houses, and that matters more to the plan than the tree's height does.

We also ask whose tree it is. In Naperville a tree in the parkway, the strip between the sidewalk and the curb, belongs to the city, and only the Department of Public Works removes it; neighboring towns have their own parkway rules, and we will not touch a public tree without the town's go-ahead. Trees on your own lot are simpler: the city only asks for a removal permit on residential parcels larger than 1.5 acres, for trees 4 inches or more in diameter. If a tree is in contact with a power line, that is a job for the electric utility first. Inside Naperville that is usually the city's own electric utility, since Naperville owns and runs its electric system; in many of the towns around it, it is ComEd.

What you get in writing

After the visit you get a written quote. Each tree gets its own line: what will be done, how the wood and brush will be handled, whether the stump is included, and the price. If a crane, extra rigging or a second day is needed, the quote says so. Nothing gets cut until you say yes, and if hidden decay changes the plan once work starts, we stop and talk to you first.

How the work runs

• Limbs over roofs and fences are roped and lowered rather than dropped.
• Lawns are protected where equipment has to cross them; soft spring ground can mean waiting a few dry days.
• Brush is chipped, and you decide whether the chips stay for your beds or leave with us.
• Logs can be left in rounds, cut to firewood length or hauled off.
• After a storm, trees on houses and trees blocking a driveway or door come first.

Call (630) 864-5605 or send the form, and we will set up a time to look at the tree.