Tree service questions from Erin Mills

Roughly $300 to $800 for small and mid-sized trees and $800 to $1,500+ for big mature ones. Height, a narrow side yard or a roof right under the branches push it higher.

Around $500 to $1,200 for a small tree. A big tree boxed in by fences and a house can pass $2,000 and reach $5,000 or more. Add $150 to $450 for each stump you want ground.

Any private tree 15 cm or wider at the trunk needs one. Mississauga charges $399.77 for the first tree and $139.72 for each additional healthy tree, and allows itself up to 30 business days.

No City fee applies to a dead or dying tree. The removal itself is still paid work, and the visit tells us if yours qualifies.

Yes, if a permit was issued: one native tree goes back in for each 15 cm of trunk that came out. Grinding the stump clears room to plant.

Those belong to Mississauga, so 311 is the number to call.

Alectra Utilities owns the wires along the street, so they get the first call. Keep people and pets away until they have been; after that, the rest of the tree is ours to sort out.

Only in the cold months, November through March. Warm-weather cuts open the door to oak wilt.

Erin Mills streets were planted within a few years of each other, starting in the 1970s. Trees of the same age tend to need trimming, bracing or removal in the same years.

Fully insured, yes, and arborists handle the climbing and cutting on every job.

Yes. Branches go through the chipper, logs go on the truck and the yard gets raked. Mention it before we start if you want firewood or chips left behind.

The phone is answered through the night for storm damage, and a tree on the house or across the driveway gets a same-day visit whenever the crew can manage it.