Tree Trimming & Tree Service in Homewood, AL
Tree Services That Fit Homewood’s Neighborhood Character
Homewood is old neighborhoods and mature trees, and the lots are tight. In Edgewood and Hollywood you’ve got hardwoods that have been there longer than the houses, standing fifteen feet off a roofline, with a driveway on one side and a neighbor’s fence on the other.
Water oaks and sweetgums are a lot of what we’re up in around here. A water oak that’s been growing toward the light for forty years puts real weight out on one side. It looks fine from the ground. Then you get a wet spring and a heavy limb over the garage, and the limb doesn’t care what it looks like from the ground.
The tight lots change the job as much as the tree does. Where do we drop what we cut. Can equipment get back there, or is everything coming out by hand through a side yard. What’s underneath, a hedge, a flower bed, a section of sidewalk. On a Homewood lot the answer to those questions drives the work about as much as the tree itself.
That’s why nobody honest prices a trim over the phone. We come look at it. And if the job needs a city permit, we pull it. Homewood requires one to remove a qualifying tree, and we handle that paperwork start to finish so it’s not on you. (More on how permits work in the FAQ below.)
Comprehensive Tree Services in Homewood
Our Services
Tree Trimming & Pruning in Homewood, AL
Tree trimming is key to maintaining Homewood’s natural curb appeal. We carefully prune trees to encourage healthy growth, improve sunlight, and reduce hazards around homes and sidewalks.
Tree Removal in Homewood, AL
Homewood’s older lots often hold large, aging hardwoods close to homes and power lines. We remove high-risk, overgrown trees with careful rigging, full cleanup and pull the city permit for you.
Storm Clean-Up in Homewood, AL
When storms roll through Homewood, falling limbs and uprooted trees are common. We offer quick and reliable cleanup services to restore safety and accessibility.
Stump Grinding in Homewood, AL
We grind stumps below grade so you can reclaim the space for landscaping — no torn-up lawn, no leftover eyesore.
Certified Arborist Services in Homewood, AL
Professional assessments and customized advice on tree health, hazard risks, landscape planning, and preservation strategies.
Tree Risk Assessment in Homewood, AL
Tree Risk Assessments with a TRAQ Qualified Arborist to help property owners understand and manage potential hazards.
Tree Planting in Homewood, AL
At Evans Tree Service, we don’t just plant trees; we ensure they are set up to thrive for decades to come.
Professional Tree Trimming in Homewood, AL
How We Trim in Homewood
Most people call us about trimming for one reason. There’s a limb over the roof and it’s started to bother them.
That’s a fair reason to call. But here’s the part that surprises people. Getting that limb off your roof is the easy half of the job. The harder question is which limbs come off with it, and which ones stay, because that’s what decides how the tree grows back next season.
Cut it wrong and you don’t fix the problem. You buy yourself a bigger one in two years.
A lot of crews will come out, look at the branch you pointed at, cut it, and load up. You asked for the limb gone. The limb’s gone. Everybody’s happy for about a season. Then the tree responds. Take too much off a mature hardwood, or take it from the wrong places, and it pushes out a mess of fast, weak growth trying to replace what it lost. That new growth is thin, it’s poorly attached, and it’s exactly the stuff that comes down in a storm.
We trim for the of the tree. Where the weight sits, how it’s balanced, which limbs are carrying the tree and which ones are just in the way. Usually that lines up fine with getting the branch off your roof. Sometimes it doesn’t, and we’ll tell you when it doesn’t.
The one thing homeowners get wrong is topping. People think trimming means cutting the top off to make a tree shorter and safer. It’s the most common thing we get asked for and it’s the most damaging thing you can do to a mature tree. You cut through the main leaders, the tree loses the structure it spent decades building, and what grows back is a cluster of weak shoots attached to a wound. I’d rather take less off and have you call us back than take too much off and leave you stuck with the result.
Our Process
What to Expect
1. Get Your Free Estimate
Call us or fill out our online form to schedule a no-obligation consultation at a time that works for you.
2. We Handle the Work
3. Enjoy Your Property
Reliable Tree Services in Homewood
Why Choose Evans Tree Service
Evans Tree Service is a family-owned company with three generations of tree-care experience in the Birmingham area. We’re licensed, fully insured, and BBB A+ accredited, with a 5.0-star rating from local homeowners.
Both Andrew and Evans are ISA Certified Arborists. Evans Hess is SO-353645, Andrew Hess is SO-381799, and you can look either one of those up. That means they took an exam on tree biology, structure, and safety, not just bought a saw and a truck. Andrew also holds his TRAQ, the Tree Risk Assessment Qualification, which is the training for judging how likely a limb or a tree is to fail, and what it’s going to hit if it does.
Andrew or Evans is the one who’ll walk your property. If you’ve got a limb over the house and you want a straight answer on whether it’s a real risk, that’s the right person to ask.
Tree Services
FAQ
Do I need a permit to trim or remove a tree in Homewood?
For removal, almost certainly yes. Homewood requires a permit to take down any qualifying tree, which the ordinance sets at six inches across or bigger, measured at chest height. That’s true in your own backyard, not just on a construction site, and doing it without the permit runs a five hundred dollar penalty per tree. Trimming is less cut and dried. The city’s guidance says a permit can be required before pruning certain trees, and anything on a street tree or a tree in the right-of-way needs city sign-off on top of that. So the honest answer is it depends on the tree, and it’s not the kind of thing you want to guess wrong on. We read your specific situation, tell you plainly what needs a permit and what doesn’t, and pull it if it does. A tree the city arborist verifies is dead or hazardous is exempt. Either way, the outfit doing the work has to be licensed with the City of Homewood, and we are, so the paperwork isn’t yours to sort out.
Can I schedule tree work outside of typical weekday hours?
We offer flexible scheduling when possible, including early mornings or weekends for storm response or urgent situations.
What’s the best time of year to trim trees in Homewood?
What's the best time of year to trim trees in Homewood?
Late winter to early spring is often ideal, but we assess trees year-round and time the work for the health and safety of each tree.
Do you clean up and haul away debris?
Always. We clean the site thoroughly after every job and will haul away logs and chips, or leave them for you — your choice.
How much does tree trimming cost in Homewood?
There’s no one number, and anybody quoting you sight unseen is guessing. It comes down to the tree and the lot. Size and species, how much is coming off, how high the work is, whether equipment can get back there or everything comes out by hand, what’s underneath. A medium water oak jammed between a house and a fence can run more than a bigger tree standing in an open yard. We give you the real number after somebody’s seen it.
Can you trim a limb that's over my roof without damaging it?
Yes, that’s routine work. Limbs over a structure come down in pieces, rigged, not dropped. That’s most of what the planning before the job is about, where each piece goes and how it gets there.
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