I called a tree service today to get an estimate on getting all of the trees by our house pruned back so that they are not touching the house (GIANT roach experience yesterday required an emergency Orkin visit & my neighbor to come kill it for me--this was the biggest roach I've seen yet and it was the flying kind!). We also have a nice holly tree that is looking sickly. Turns out our biggest pine tree is in danger of falling over but the holly is fine. The pine has shifted and will definitely cause some kind of damage if it falls. This will set back my plans to expand the back porch because it is not cheap to remove a tree this big! I will post a "before" photo soon.
A couple of years ago this same guy came out to do an estimate for me and we had three trees scheduled to take down. The day before they came, one of the trees fell on its own! We've had two trees fall near the house & fence and so far no damage, I worry that our luck will run out eventually...
