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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. Untrained persons should never attempt to deal with a tree that has fallen because of all the objects that might be under or around it and any live power lines. Tree surgeons have years of experience and can safely remove any storm damaged trees.

Dealing With Storm Damaged Trees

Although they’re often considered as being really durable and timeless, trees can easily become defenceless in adverse weather such as strong winds and storms. Powerful storms and strong winds have been seen to decimate trees and tear even the healthiest & sturdiest trees from the ground, sending them plunging to the ground, or onto power lines, buildings, neighbours’ gardens and vehicles.

How many times soon after a storm have you heard about storm-damaged trees and dislodged branches damaging property or blocking the road. Apart from the inconvenience & danger it additionally can lead to expensive renovations.

The hardest option after a storm isn’t how to get rid of the trees that are definitely down, that is fairly straightforward. The more challenging possibility is whether any of the trees left standing are salvageable.

Certain trees that have been in part injured in the windstorm can pose a potential future threat and may need to be chopped down and took away to avoid placing property and people in danger in several months or years to come.

Other trees maybe preserved by being trimmed back, with their most injured sections being ‘amputated’ exactly like how an operating surgeon may take off a gangrenous leg. Some other might require to get staked with guy cables or held up with additional supports until they can re-develop the root structure they need to have to stand on their own.

If a windstorm has caused trees to land on property, our tree contractors can be trusted to take away the injured trees quickly, efficiently and safely to allow the building and construction teams access to the property to start repairs on the damaged structures and power lines.

Various Types Of Storm Damage

Each one of these types of damage leads to an unique outlook for the trees’ potential survival, but making a diagnosis is a task best entrusted to a fully qualified arborist. An unqualified nonprofessional is far more likely to overlook a small detail that could differentiate one conclusion from another, such as observing the splinters from a crown twist but overlooking the slight lean which shows that the roots also snapped.

There are essentially six types of storm damage which a tree can’t normally endure:

• Blowovers – this is where the whole tree falls down.
• Stem Failures – this is where the trunk of the tree breaks above the soil, leading to the crown to fall or to lean strongly even though the bottom part stays standing normally.
• Root Failures – is where the root systems of the tree tear below the soil, resulting in the tree pitching or swinging considerably.
• Branch Failures – is where several branches of the tree break off.
• Crown Twists – is where the trunk of the tree rotates sufficient to splinter, but stays standing. This takes place most commonly on trees with highly disproportionate crowns. The whole crown ultimately becomes a weathervane in a storm, twisting to follow the wind in a manner in which the trunk can’t.
• Lightening Strikes – When lightening strikes the tree gets burned and electrocuted, but stays standing, at the moment. Lightening strikes have a lot of additional effects including opening a large amount of surface area up to pests and vermin and massive water loss, so a tree hit by lightening is always at a substantially greater risk to drop despite the fact that it endured the initial windstorm.

If you have further questions about commercial or residential tree removal Allerton give us a call to book a free survey.

Preserving Storm Damaged Trees

Our tree professionals will not only dispose of fallen trees correctly and without more damages to buildings, but they will in addition be able to give you practical advice on how to save or preserve existing trees that are still standing, even though they may have been injured in the windstorm. Our very qualified team can assess the situation on your residential or commercial property and tell you which trees have sustained enough damages that they’d die regardless of whether they were properly raised and replanted.

24 Hour Emergency Tree Removal Call Out Services

If you find yourself requiring a local 24-Hour emergency tree surgeon then our expert tree surgeons will be on site at the earliest opportunity to examine the problem and inform you of all the remedial approaches available.

If our team can’t fully eliminate the tree, we will at least restore a reasonable level of access and come again at the earliest opportunity to carry out a complete & safe removal of the fallen tree. Our emergency tree removal services are also applicable for any incidents including vehicle accidents. We can also assess the surrounding trees for any hidden injury and dismantle and remove the damaged tree if needed.

Tree Removal Service Allerton

Even on the ground, tree surgery requires experience & technical skill, it is a lot more involved than merely taking a chainsaw to a tree. Without any relevant competence, experience and equipment, you should never try tree surgery. If the tree fell because of damages, there might be further hazards of some other failing branches. Certainly never compromise your own personal safety to remove a fallen limb, get in touch with your local Allerton tree surgeon professionals.
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If you have further questions about commercial or residential tree removal Allerton give us a call to book a free survey.