{"id":1500,"date":"2010-11-05T16:03:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T03:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2021-01-22T00:57:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:57:33","slug":"arborists-tree-cutters-what-do-they-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-gardening\/arborists-tree-cutters-what-do-they-do.html","title":{"rendered":"Arborists &#8211; what do they do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1148.16px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/arborist4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7093\" src=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Arborists-what-do-they-do.jpg\" alt=\"Arborists what do they do\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Arborists-what-do-they-do-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Arborists-what-do-they-do-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Arborists-what-do-they-do-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Arborists-what-do-they-do-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Arborists-what-do-they-do-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Arborists-what-do-they-do-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Arborists-what-do-they-do-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Arborists-what-do-they-do.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><strong>An arborist is an expert in the care and protection of individual trees.\u00a0 They know about the needs of a variety of trees and are trained to provide the appropriate care to the trees.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Well looked after trees are both attractive and add value to your property. Trees that aren&#8217;t well maintained will be a significant liability and can even present a safety hazard.<\/p>\n<p>Removing or pruning larger trees can be dangerous work and should be done by arborists (otherwise known as tree surgeons, or tree doctors) who are trained and have the right equipment to work in the trees safely.<\/p>\n<h3>Services that Arborists &amp; Tree Cutters provide include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Eliminate branches that rub each other<\/li>\n<li>Remove limbs that interfere with wires, building facades, gutters, roofs, chimneys, or windows<\/li>\n<li>Remove dead, weak, diseased or insect-infested limbs<\/li>\n<li>Train young trees<\/li>\n<li>Remove limbs damaged by adverse weather conditions<\/li>\n<li>Remove branches, or thinning, to increase light penetration<\/li>\n<li>Improve the shape or silhouette of the tree<\/li>\n<li>Tree removal<\/li>\n<li>Emergency tree care when trees have been storm damaged<\/li>\n<li>Plant trees<\/li>\n<li>Recommend the right kind of trees for specific locations<\/li>\n<li>Develop and implement a plant health care program<\/li>\n<li>Cabling or bracing to support branches with weak attachment<\/li>\n<li>Aeration to improve root growth<\/li>\n<li>Installation of lightning protection systems<\/li>\n<li>Spraying or injecting to control certain insect and disease problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/post-job\">Hire an Arborist<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An arborist is an expert in the care  &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[987],"tags":[942,949,924],"class_list":["post-1500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-gardening","tag-942","tag-949","tag-924"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arborists - what do they do?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-gardening\/arborists-tree-cutters-what-do-they-do.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arborists - what do they do?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An arborist is an expert in the care ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-gardening\/arborists-tree-cutters-what-do-they-do.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Builderscrack Blog - Home Repair &amp; 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