Professional arborists available for tree surgery in and around Merstham and Walton on the Hill

Tree pruning and felling in Merstham and Gatton

Trees may need to be pruned for a number of reasons. For example, if overgrown limbs are blocking essential light  to other trees and plants or your home. With a wealth of experience in all aspects of tree pruning, we can carry out site-specific risk assessments prior to any tree work. We will proactively find ways to reduce a trees size, so it fits its surroundings rather than removing it completely.

Our tree pruning includes:

• Crown lifting: This is the selective removal of lower branches and the trimming of foliage, thereby raising the height of the crown and increasing the clear space from ground level up to the bottom part of the tree's crown. This is often done to provide clear and safe access to footpaths and roads for pedestrians and cars, to prevent lower branches from obstructing driveways, fences and buildings or to allow more light to pass under the tree.
• Crown thinning: This is carried out to reduce the density of the tree's crown as well as allowing more air and light to pass through, it helps to reduce the weight of the crown.
• Crown reduction: This is when the overall size of the crown is reduced by a specified amount, with the ends of the branches being evenly pruned throughout the crown.  This will reduce the weight of a potentially dangerous tree or will stop a tree from potentially causing damage to a building or overhead cables.

We are also experts in tree felling and can fell any size tree in any location. This is mostly completed with sectional felling, where a tree is dismantled in sections and cut and lowered to the ground using up-to-date rigging techniques. Straight felling is when a tree is cut at the base and allowed to fall to the ground in a controlled manner, but this isn't always possible, as considerable open space is required.