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Tree Removal Due To Storm Damage

If you are concerned about a tree that has fallen or has been damaged from lightning or a storm, we recommend calling a qualified tree surgeon. It is very dangerous for non-trained people to try and deal with a fallen tree, as there are many objects that could be trapped underneath or around the tree, as well as any live power lines. Tree surgeons are highly skilled and have the experience to properly remove any tree damage.

Dealing With Storm Damaged Trees

Despite the fact that they are usually viewed as being really solid and eternal, trees can certainly come to be vulnerable in adverse weather conditions like strong winds & storms. Powerful storms and extreme winds have been seen to annihilate trees and uplift even the sturdiest and healthiest trees out of the ground, sending them smashing to the earth, or onto power lines, buildings, neighbours’ gardens and vehicles.

How many times shortly after strong winds have you heard of storm-damaged trees and dislodged branches damaging property or blocking the road. Apart from the inconvenience and danger it also may lead to expensive repairs.

The hardest option following a storm is not how to get rid of the trees that have definitely fallen down, that’s pretty simple. The more difficult decision is whether or not any of the trees left standing are salvageable.

Certain trees that have been moderately damaged in the storm may pose a possible future threat and may need to be disassembled and removed to avoid putting property & people in danger in several months or years in the future.

Other trees may be conserved by being pruned back, with their worst affected parts being ‘cut off’ just like how an operating surgeon will amputate a gangrenous leg. Others might need to get staked with guy wires or held up with various other supports up until they are able to re-develop the root structure they need to stand on their own.

If a windstorm has caused trees to fall on property, our tree specialists can be trusted to remove the affected trees safely, efficiently and quickly to allow the building companies easy access to the building to start maintenance and repairs on the damaged structures and power lines.

Different Types Of Storm Damage

Every one of these types of damage creates a different outlook for the trees’ potential survival, but making a diagnosis is a task best left to a fully qualified arborist. An unqualified nonprofessional is far more liable to miss a small detail that could differentiate one decision from another, like seeing the splinters from a crown twist but missing the slight lean which shows that the roots also failed.

There are basically 6 types of storm damage which a tree can’t typically endure:

• Blowovers – this is where the complete tree is uprooted.
• Stem Failures – this is where the trunk of the tree cracks above the ground, leading to the crown to fall or angle strongly while the lower part stays standing normally.
• Root Failures – is when the root systems of the tree snap underneath the ground, resulting in the tree pitching or swinging dramatically.
• Limb Failures – is where several branches of the tree detach.
• Crown Twists – is when the trunk of the tree rotates enough to splinter, but stays standing. This happens most commonly on trees with extremely unbalanced crowns. The complete crown basically transforms into a weather vane in a storm, turning to follow the wind flow in a way that the trunk is unable to.
• Lightening Hits – When lightening strikes the tree gets burned and electrocuted, but stays standing, at the moment. Lightening hits have a number of secondary effects including massive water loss and opening a large amount of surface area up to pests and vermin, so a tree hit by lightening is always at a much greater danger to fall even though it got through the original storm.

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Securing Storm Damaged Trees

Our tree professionals will not only dispose of upended trees safely and securely and without any additional damages to property, but will in addition have the ability to give you functional advice on just how to save or preserve existing trees that are still left standing, even though they might have been broken in the storm. Our very professional personnel can review the situation on your residential or commercial property and explain to you which trees have sustained a lot of damages that they would die regardless of whether they were very carefully raised and replanted.

24 Hour Emergency Tree Removal Call Out Service

If you find yourself needing a local 24 hour emergency tree surgeon then our specialist tree surgeons will get on site at the earliest opportunity to examine the scenario and advise you of any remedial methods provided.

If our team can’t immediately remove the tree, we’ll at least restore a reasonable amount of easy access and come again at the earliest possibility to perform a complete & safe clearing of the fallen tree. Our emergency tree removal services are even appropriate for any accidents including vehicle collisions. We will also check the surrounding trees for any hidden harm and dismantle and remove the damaged tree if needed.

Tree Removal Service Thornbury

Even on the floor, tree surgery calls for technical skill and experience, it’s a lot more involved than simply using a chainsaw to a tree. Without any appropriate experience, competence and equipment, you should not try one’s hand at tree surgery. If the tree fell as a result of damages, there might be even more possible dangers of some other falling branches. Never compromise your own personal safety to remove a fallen branch, get in touch with your local Thornbury tree surgeon professionals.
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