When a tree needs removing
- It’s dead or dying: no new growth in spring, bark peeling away in sheets, dead limbs through the crown
- It has started leaning more than it used to, or the soil is cracking and lifting around the base
- It keeps dropping big limbs near the house, sheds, the driveway or where people and animals spend time
- It has grown too close to a building, fence, pool or septic system
- It was damaged in a storm and is split, hung up in another tree or partly uprooted
How we remove a tree safely
Every removal starts with where the tree can safely come down. On open ground, a tree can often be felled in one piece. Where there are buildings, fences or other trees in the way, it comes down in smaller sections. Branches go through the chipper as we go, and the trunk is cut into rounds.
Big trees over houses or close to powerlines can need extra gear, a crane or specialist crews. If your job needs something we don’t have, we’ll say so when we quote rather than find out on the day.
What’s left afterwards
- Branches: chipped on site. Keep the mulch or we take it away.
- Trunk: cut into rounds and left for firewood, or taken away.
- Stump: cut as low as practical. Stump grinding can be arranged if you want it.
- The site: raked up and left tidy.
Do you need approval to remove a tree?
Sometimes. It’s worth checking before you book, because it’s the landowner’s responsibility.
- Verge trees belong to the council. In the City of Swan, residents are asked not to prune or remove them, so report problems to the council.
- Heritage-listed properties, and trees protected by a planning approval or tree protection plan, can need council approval.
- Native bushland on rural blocks can need a clearing permit from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation unless an exemption applies. If you’re planning to take out more than a few trees, check with them or your council first.
What affects the cost of tree removal
- The size of the tree and how many there are
- Lean, condition, and what it could land on
- Access for the chipper and gear
- Whether the mulch and timber stay or go
- Travel from our base in Gidgegannup
You get one price for the whole job. See how our pricing works.