Whites Tree Services

  There's a tree in the backyard you've been watching for a few years. It hasn't quite looked right since that bad ice storm a few winters back. The canopy is thinner on one side. There are a couple of large dead limbs you keep meaning to do something about. It's maybe thirty feet from the back corner of the house. So what do you do? If that scenario sounds familiar, you're not alone. Knoxville homeowners deal with this kind of uncertainty constantly — trees that are clearly not in great shape but aren't obviously in immediate collapse either. The honest answer is that without a professional tree risk assessment, you're guessing. And guessing about a large tree near a structure isn't a great position to be in. Here's what a formal tree risk assessment actually involves, what it can tell you, and when it's worth getting one. What a Tree Risk Assessment Is A tree risk assessment is a systematic, professional evaluation of a tree that identifies s...