Tree Removal

[Sam Abe]

Does home insurance cover removal of tree. I have 2 trees on my property that are causing ants and are about to fall. 

What is the best way to handle tree removal. 

[Marcia Maynard]

Something to consider... if it is the type of tree that will produce off-spring, suckers coming up from the ground everywhere... take a lesson from our experience...  

There was a locust tree behind our 8-plex. It was ugly and messy, dropping debris on our tenants' back patios. We decided to have it removed professionally and had the stump grounded. That was in 2011. We are still fighting the suckers coming up from roots that stretch a half block from the original tree. We learned after the fact, when you cut down a tree, drill a hole in the middle of the trunk and poison it with a root killer. After the roots are sufficiently dead, then grind the stump.