Why Do Fraser Valley Trees Need So Much Work?
Short answer: because the valley grows tall conifers on soil that stays saturated all winter, then runs Pacific windstorms and atmospheric rivers down it from October to February. BC Hydro reports that trees and bad weather cause more than half of all power outages in the province, and the same combination is what puts cedars and firs onto Fraser Valley roofs.
This valley grows some of the tallest residential trees in Canada. Second-growth Douglas firs, western red cedars and hemlocks planted or left standing when neighbourhoods were built are now 25 to 45 metres tall, and many of them stand within falling distance of a house, a garage or a neighbour's fence.
Every fall and winter, Pacific windstorms and atmospheric rivers test those trees. Saturated soil loosens roots, outflow and frontal winds funnel down the valley, and the calls start: cedars snapped at mid-trunk, firs uprooted across driveways, hemlock tops hanging over roofs. The most expensive tree work in the Fraser Valley is the removal that happens after the tree has already picked its own direction.
How it works
- Call or send the form. Describe the tree or the job, snap a photo if you can.
- Free on-site estimate. We look at the tree, the targets around it, and the access, then quote a firm written price.
- The work. Removal, pruning or grinding done by an insured crew, with rigging where space is tight.
- Cleanup. Branches chipped, wood bucked or hauled, work area raked. You keep the firewood if you want it.