Tree Care in Levittown, NY

Levittown, your trees are now about 75 years old. That means the choices made when your home was built are coming due. Builders in the 1950s often planted fast-growing trees for quick shade and curb appeal. Two common examples here are the silver maple, known for its weak wood and aggressive surface roots that can damage walkways, and the Bradford pear, a tree that is almost guaranteed to split apart after 15-20 years of growth. The challenge is that a tree can look perfectly healthy from the outside while decay is spreading inside the trunk. By the time you see dead branches or mushrooms, the structural problem may be years old. We use tools like sounding with a mallet to listen for the hollow thud of rot versus the solid ring of healthy wood, because you can't judge a tree's safety by its leaves alone.