Tree Service in Coventry Township, OH

Tree Service in Coventry Township is often lake work. The township, home to about 10,200 people in southern Summit County, surrounds the Portage Lakes, and the Portage Lakes census-designated place at its center had 6,407 residents in 2020. By Census Bureau figures, nearly a fifth of the CDP's area is water. Portage Lakes State Park, with boat ramps and a swimming beach, is part of it. Many homes sit on narrow parcels running down to the water, with big trees between the house and the shore.

Lake lots are a different job

On a shoreline lot, the tree usually leans out over the water, toward the light, with heavy limbs reaching over docks, boathouses and sometimes a neighbor's boat lift. The house is on one side, the lake on the other, and the side yards are narrow. That rules out felling. We climb, cut in sections and lower each piece with ropes, sometimes onto the lawn, sometimes onto a barge or dock area if that's the only open space. The estimate will explain how we plan to do it.

Shoreline trees and the bank

Roots hold shorelines together. When we remove a tree right at the water's edge, we usually leave the stump and roots in place unless you have a reason to remove them, because grinding them out can loosen the bank. Pruning is often the better first step: reducing limbs over the water, removing deadwood, and thinning the crown so wind passes through rather than pushing the tree over.

What Coventry owners call about

• Reducing heavy limbs that hang over docks, boathouses and the water
• Removing dead or leaning shoreline trees in sections
• Pruning trees over roofs on tight lake lots
• Clearing view corridors to the lake by careful thinning, not topping
• Removing dead ash and storm-damaged trees
• Stump grinding away from the shoreline

Township life

Coventry is governed by a three-member board of trustees, and it borders Akron to the north, Springfield Township to the east, Green to the southeast, New Franklin to the southwest and Barberton to the west. Parts of Akron and Barberton lie within its original boundaries. Ohio Edison lists Coventry Township on its four-year tree-trimming program, so if a tree is tangled in a primary line, call the utility first.

Planning around the season

On lake properties, many owners prefer work in the fall after boating season, or in winter when lawns are firm and docks are out. Hazard trees shouldn't wait, but routine pruning can be scheduled around your summer.

Wet roots and wind

Trees growing at lake level live with their roots in damp soil much of the year. That keeps them green, but saturated soil gives roots less grip, and a big tree with a heavy crown leaning over the water can tip in a strong summer storm. Reducing weight on the water side is often the simplest way to lower that risk without losing the tree.

Reach us

Call (330) 325-4776 or use the form. Photos from both the yard and the water side help us plan. Get a free estimate