Tree removal
Tree removal Comox Valley
Rigged, sectioned and lowered — not dropped.
What tree removal involves
Tree removal in the Comox Valley is almost never a felling job. On a typical Courtenay or Comox lot there is a house on one side, a fence on the other and a hydro service somewhere overhead, so the tree comes down in sections on ropes — climbed, cut, lowered and stacked.
What is included
- A site walk and a written quote before anything is booked
- Climbing or bucket access, whichever the tree and the ground allow
- Sectional dismantling with rigging on anything over a target
- Chipping the brush and bucking the wood to a length you ask for
- Raking down and a final tidy — the lawn should look better than we found it
Who it suits
Trees that are dead, failing, too close to the house, or that a municipal permit has already been granted for.
Worth knowing afterwards
The stump is left at a workable height unless you add grinding. Douglas-fir that has stood in a group is worth talking about before it comes out — the neighbours it sheltered are suddenly wind-exposed.
Tree removal
Questions about tree removal
It depends which municipality you are in, and the three local ones differ. Courtenay regulates trees over 20cm diameter at breast height under its Tree Protection Bylaw; Comox regulates priority native species from 20cm and other species from 30cm; Cumberland has no tree bylaw at the time of writing. Always confirm with your own municipality before booking a removal.
A straightforward backyard conifer is usually half a day. A large fir that has to be rigged over a roof, or a removal needing traffic control on a narrow street, is a full day or more. The quote says which one yours is.
Yes, unless you want it. Say so at the quote and we will buck it to firewood length and stack it instead of loading it out.
Demonstration content
Get a price for tree removal.
Send a photo and a postcode. We will tell you whether it is a job, a permit question, or something that can safely be left alone.
Quotes are free, and we come and look at the tree before we price it.