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We take out the dead, crossing and low limbs, thin the crown, and cut each limb just outside the branch collar.
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What a trim covers
Our tree trimming takes the dead, crossing and low limbs out of a shade tree and thins its crown, for homes and businesses across Alpharetta, GA.
Dead limbs come out before wind brings them down on the roof, the car or the fence. Limbs that cross and rub come out before they wound each other. Low limbs come up off the driveway, the walk and the roofline, and the crown is thinned so light and air reach the lawn and the house again.
The tree stays a tree: the same shape, a little lighter, and clear of the things you need to get past it.
The pruning cuts
Trimming covers crown cleaning, thinning, raising and reduction, and we pick each one for what the tree and your property need, not to fill a visit.
The pruning cuts we use and what each one does for the tree.
Taking out dead branches
"Crown cleaning" removes the dead, diseased and broken branches from the whole crown. It is where most trims start.
Letting light through
"Crown thinning" takes out selected branches after the cleaning, so light, air and your view get through the tree.
Limbing up
"Crown raising" removes the low limbs that hang over walks, drives and roofs, so you can park, mow and walk under the tree.
Making the tree smaller
"Crown reduction" brings the height and spread down while keeping the tree's natural shape. It is not the same as topping.
Removing dead limbs
"Deadwooding" takes out the dead wood that can come down in a storm, the limbs you see bare when the rest of the tree is green.
Not sure which?
Tell us what bothers you about the tree, the limb over the roof or the shade on the lawn, and we will say which cut fixes it.
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Why we never top a tree
Each cut is made just outside the "branch collar", the swollen ring where a branch meets the trunk, with no stub left and no flush cut into the trunk, and no more than 25 percent of a tree's live, leaf-bearing limbs comes off in one year.
"Topping", cutting the top of a tree back to stubs, weakens its structure and opens it to disease. Professionals do not top trees, and it is not a recognized pruning practice; when a tree has outgrown its spot, crown reduction is the cut that brings it down. Stripping the inner branches and leaving leaves only at the tips, "lion-tailing", is the over-thinning mistake on the other side.
Those are the pruning standards the trade works to, set out through the Tree Care Industry Association.
What it costs
Trimming is priced on the tree's size, how much of the crown comes out and how the crew reaches it, and routine trimming of a mid-size shade tree usually costs less than removing it.
Typical Alpharetta ranges
Typical figures for the area, not our quote.
In Alpharetta, tree trimming typically runs $407 to $606 a tree and pruning $370 to $551 a tree; where a job is priced by the hour, a trimming crew typically runs $174 to $231 an hour.
These things move your number up or down from there.
The exact price comes from the free estimate. We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after.
How a trim goes
A trimming job runs in four steps, and you know the price before the first one with a saw in it.
We answer the phone or call back the same working day.
We look at the tree with you, agree which limbs come out, and quote the whole job before we start.
We show up when we say we will, and every limb comes off just outside its branch collar.
We clean up when the work is done, and the branches leave with us.
Free, no-obligation estimates.
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Palms are trimmed differently from shade trees: we cut fronds, not limbs, and palm work has its own page.
Here is how the jobs differ.
Our trimming crews work across Alpharetta and the towns around it.
A job just outside that footprint is a question for the call.
towns we serve around AlpharettaQuestions we hear
Short answers to what Alpharetta homeowners ask us before a trim.
In Alpharetta, tree trimming typically runs $407 to $606 a tree, and the best price is one that covers the whole job with nothing added after. The tree's size, how much of the crown comes out and how the crew reaches it set the number, and we quote the whole job before we start.
Dead, broken or hanging limbs should come out whenever you see them, whatever the month. For routine trimming, late winter to early spring works well: the trees are bare and dormant, easier to read and safer to work, and it is outside storm season.
Most people use the two words for the same visit. Strictly, pruning is the selective cutting done for the tree's health and structure, such as crown cleaning and thinning, while trimming often means cutting back for clearance and looks. Either way, each cut belongs just outside the branch collar.
Ready when you are
A free, no-obligation estimate starts with a call. We answer the phone or call back the same working day, and we quote the whole trim before we start.
Monday to Friday, early morning until 5 pm; Saturday, from early morning until 3 pm. Calls outside those hours go to voicemail and we return them the next working morning.
We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after.
We clean up when the work is done.
