Tree Removal in Bolingbrook, IL

Tree Removal in Bolingbrook often comes back to one decade. The village incorporated on October 6, 1965, and had 7,651 residents in 1970. By 1980 it had 37,261, nearly five times as many. Its first subdivision, Westbury, lay just west of Route 53, and Colonial Village followed on the east side. Growth continued in later waves, to 56,321 residents in 2000 and 73,922 in 2020, with 24,408 housing units across about 25 square miles of Will and DuPage counties. The trees planted in those first neighborhoods are now 50 years old or more, and that is where many of our removals happen.

Westbury, Colonial Village and the early neighborhoods

Trees from the late 1960s and 1970s are now large and, often, past their best years. Common findings on those lots:

• Big maples with weak forks, heavy limbs over roofs and decay at old pruning cuts
• Dead ash that was missed or left after emerald ash borer moved through
• Surface roots lifting sidewalks and driveways
• Trees that were topped years ago, now regrown into clusters of weakly attached sprouts

These removals usually happen in sections, lowered by rope, because the houses and garages are close. Where a tree is very large or badly decayed, a crane from the street can be the safest option.

Wet ground

Bolingbrook sits on the Gateway Wetlands west of the Des Plaines River, the same low ground that runs into Romeoville. Low, wet soil keeps tree roots shallow, which makes uprooting more likely in a storm when the ground is saturated. It also means soft lawns that rut under heavy equipment. We check the ground at the estimate, and if the yard is wet we may use mats, smaller machines or schedule for drier weather.

Newer Bolingbrook

Later waves of growth in the 1990s and 2000s added many newer neighborhoods, and the village now borders Woodridge, Romeoville, Plainfield, Naperville and Darien. Trees in those neighborhoods are 20 to 30 years old and the issues are mostly about species and placement: ornamental pears splitting, evergreens crowding each other, and shade trees planted too close to the house. Some of those subdivisions have HOAs, so check whether yours has rules about removing or replacing trees.

Grinding the stump

Once the tree is down, most Bolingbrook owners want the stump gone too. A grinder chews the stump and the top of the main roots down several inches below the soil line. Grindings can be left to fill the hole or hauled away and replaced with topsoil for seeding. Large surface roots that spread across the lawn can be ground out along their length if they are a tripping or mowing hazard. Before grinding, we make sure utility lines have been marked through JULIE, Illinois' one-call locating service.

Mostly owner-occupied

Census QuickFacts reports a 79.1% owner-occupied rate in Bolingbrook, a median owner-occupied value of about $314,700 and an average of 3.08 people per household. That means a lot of families, many of them in homes where the trees came with the house.

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