Tree Service in Olmsted Falls, OH

Tree Service in Olmsted Falls covers a city of just 8,582 people (2020 Census) on about 4 square miles, but one with a long and layered history. The area was part of Connecticut's Western Reserve, and Aaron Olmsted bought nearly half of its township. James Geer's family arrived as the first settlers in 1815. The village incorporated on April 7, 1856, and doubled in size the next year by annexing the hamlet of Plum Creek. In 1971 it merged with Westview, and in 1972 the state recognized it as Ohio's 231st city. All of that means the city has old village streets, mid-century homes and newer subdivisions side by side, with trees of very different ages.

Around the historic center

Grand Pacific Junction, a historic district at the corners of Bagley and Columbia roads, sits at the heart of the old village. Older homes near the center tend to have the largest trees in town: big maples and oaks, often close to houses that predate modern foundations. Pruning there is about protecting both: taking weight off long limbs over roofs, removing deadwood, and keeping roots in mind if a new walk, driveway or addition is planned.

In the newer neighborhoods

Newer subdivisions have younger trees, often planted all at once by the builder. Common problems:

• Narrow-forked ornamental pears that split in wind or ice
• Maples planted too close to driveways or the house
• Spruce and arborvitae rows that have outgrown their space
• Dead ash along lot lines

Young trees benefit most from structural pruning, done every few years while cuts are small. A ten-minute cut on a five-year-old tree can prevent a split that would take a crew half a day to clean up at twenty-five years.

City services that help

The city's Service Department offers wood chips to residents for delivery, by application through the Service Department or City Hall (440-235-5550). Chips make good mulch for beds and around young trees; keep them a few inches off the trunk. The city also maintains the storm sewers in the right-of-way, while property owners are responsible for the clean-out on their own lateral. That matters for tree work because roots from big trees near the house often find their way into older sewer laterals. If a plumber has told you roots are the problem, removing or reducing the tree may be part of the fix.

How we work in Olmsted Falls

We walk the property with you, check each tree you are concerned about, and leave a written estimate that covers the work, the cleanup and the stump. Brush is chipped and hauled unless you want chips left for your beds. If a tree may be in the right-of-way, we ask you to check with the city first.

Call (216) 294-3085 or send the form. Get a free estimate