How a Job With Charleston Tree Service Pros Goes

Charleston Tree Service Pros takes down, prunes and grinds out trees for homeowners in Charleston and the surrounding Lowcountry: the peninsula, West Ashley, James Island, Johns Island, Daniel Island and Cainhoy, and the towns around them.

The work here is shaped by three things. The first is the trees themselves. Live oaks spread 60 to 100 feet wide in an open yard and can live for centuries, so a single limb can reach over a house, a driveway and a neighbor's fence at once. Laurel and water oaks grow fast, decay inside and fail more often in storms. Pines are tall and light-crowned, and sabal palmettos need their own kind of care. The second is the weather: a hurricane season that runs through early fall, summer thunderstorms that drop most of the year's rain, and low, flat ground that gets soaked. The third is the rulebook. The City of Charleston protects large trees, owns the trees in public places, and has its own pruning standard.

So every estimate starts with a visit. We look at the species, the lean, the crown, any cavities, mushrooms or cracks at the base, and the targets underneath: roof, porch, pool cage, cars, wires, the street. We measure the trunk at four and a half feet, because in the city a tree 24 inches or larger (other than a pine or sweet gum) is a grand tree, and removing it takes a city inspection and permit. If a tree stands between the sidewalk and the curb or in another public space, it is a city street tree, and we tell you that before we quote, because no one can cut or prune it without written permission from the Department of Parks.

After the visit you get a written quote. Each tree has its own line: what will be cut, how it comes down or how much of the crown is pruned, whether the stump is ground, and what happens to the logs, brush and chips. If something changes once the work starts, such as hidden rot inside a trunk, we stop, show you and agree on the change in writing before going on.

How we work

• Pruning to the ANSI A300 standard, which the city also expects for protected trees.
• No flush cuts, no topping, no climbing spikes on trees that are staying.
• Limbs over roofs and screened porches lowered on ropes, not dropped.
• Work near power lines stops until Dominion Energy has made the line safe.
• Asian longhorned beetle host wood handled under the state quarantine rules where they apply.
• Payment only for work you approved in writing.

To set up a free estimate, call (843) 202-4599 or send the form with a few photos.