The Way Chattanooga Tree Service Pros Does Tree Work

Chattanooga Tree Service Pros takes down, trims and cleans up trees for homeowners in Chattanooga and the communities around it: Red Bank and Signal Mountain to the north, East Ridge and East Brainerd to the southeast, Hixson, Ooltewah and Collegedale out toward White Oak Mountain, and across the state line into north Georgia where people ask.

This is a city of slopes. Missionary Ridge cuts through the middle of town with sides that rise more than 330 feet and in places are close to vertical, and houses climb Lookout Mountain, Signal Mountain and Stringer's Ridge. A tree that would be a simple drop on a flat lot can sit above a house on a hillside, at the bottom of a driveway no truck can back down, or beside a retaining wall. So we start every job by walking the property, not by quoting from a photo.

On that visit we look at the tree: species, lean, dead limbs, cracks, cavities, fungus at the base, the cottony white tufts of hemlock woolly adelgid, the popcorn-like pitch of pine beetles, or the D-shaped holes emerald ash borer leaves in ash bark. Then we look at what is around it: the roof, the deck, the neighbor's fence, the street, the EPB lines running through the canopy, and the route a crew, ropes and a chipper would take to get there.

We also look at whose tree it is. A tree at the curb, on a shared line, or in one of the city's historic districts may involve someone besides you, and a tree touching a power line is a job for EPB, which runs the electric system for most of the city. When we see one of those situations, we say so before we price the work, so nothing gets cut that should not be.

After the visit you get a written quote: each tree, what will be done, how the wood and brush will be handled, whether the stump is included and the price. Work starts only after you approve it, and if anything changes once a job is underway, we talk with you and agree on it in writing before going further.

What to expect

• A walk-around before any number is given.
• One line per tree on the quote, with cleanup spelled out.
• Limbs lowered on ropes where dropping them would hurt a roof, deck or garden.
• Pruning cuts made at the branch collar, following ANSI A300 practice.
• Logs left for firewood, cut to length or hauled away, your choice.
• Storm calls sorted by danger: trees on houses and blocked driveways first.

Call (423) 206-3918 or use the form to set up a free estimate.