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Storm Damage Tree Removal

We recommend that you contact a professional tree surgeon to help you with any fallen trees or trees damaged from storms or lightening. 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.

Handling Storm Damaged Trees

Even though they are often seen as being really durable and permanent, trees can certainly end up being vulnerable in extreme weather conditions such as storms and strong winds. Fierce storms and very high winds have been known to annihilate trees and uplift even the healthiest and sturdiest trees from the ground, sending them smashing to the ground, or onto power lines, buildings, neighbours’ gardens and vehicles.

How many times soon after strong winds have you heard about storm-damaged trees & dislodged branches blocking the road or damaging property. In addition to the inconvenience & danger it also may lead to costly renovations.

The hardest decision after a storm is not how to deal with the trees that are definitely down, that’s pretty much straightforward. The more difficult possibility is whether any of the trees still upright are salvageable.

Certain trees that have been moderately affected in the windstorm may pose a future risk and may need to be cut down and took out to prevent putting property and people at risk in several months or years to come.

Other trees can be preserved by being pruned back, with their worst affected parts being ‘cut off’ similar to how a surgeon might remove a gangrenous limb. Others may need to be staked down with guy cables or held up with various other supports until they can re-develop the root structure they require to stand on their own.

If a storm has caused trees to fall on buildings, our tree professionals can be relied upon to remove the damaged trees quickly, efficiently and safely to allow the building teams access to the property to begin maintenance and repairs on the damaged buildings and power lines.

Various Kinds Of Storm Damage

All of these kinds of problem causes an unique diagnosis for the trees’ long term survival, but making a prognosis is a job best left to a fully qualified arborist. An unqualified amateur is much more liable to disregard a small detail that can separate one decision from another, such as finding the splinters from a crown twist but missing the slight lean that indicates that the roots also snapped.

There are generally six sorts of storm damage that a tree can not typically stand up to:

• Blowovers – these are where the complete tree comes down.
• Stem Failures – this is where the trunk of the tree splits above the earth, resulting in the crown to fall or to bend strongly even though the bottom part remains standing normally.
• Root Failures – is where the roots of the tree snap beneath the earth, leading to the tree leaning or swaying dramatically.
• Branch Failures – is where several limbs of the tree fall off.
• Crown Twists – is where the trunk of the tree turns enough to splinter, but stays up. This takes place most frequently on trees with very unbalanced crowns. The complete crown ultimately becomes a weathervane in a storm, turning to follow the wind in a manner in which the trunk is unable to.
• Lightening Hits – When lightening strikes the tree gets burned and electrocuted, but stays up, for now. Lightening strikes have a many secondary 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 typically at a much higher danger to drop even though it made it through the initial windstorm.

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

Maintaining Storm Damaged Trees

Our tree experts will not only dispose of fallen trees properly and without any further damage to property, but will also have the ability to give you practical guidance on just how to save or preserve existing trees that are still left standing, despite the fact that they may have been harmed in the windstorm. Our very knowledgeable crew can evaluate the scenario on your property and explain to you which trees have gotten a lot of damage that they’d die even if they were properly raised and replanted.

Emergency Tree Removal Call Out Service

If you find yourself in need of a local 24-Hour emergency tree surgeon then our professional tree surgeons will definitely be on site at the earliest possibility to analyse the scenario and inform you of all remedial solutions available.

If our experts can not fully eliminate the tree, we’ll at least restore a practical amount of easy access and come again at the earliest opportunity to undertake a complete and safe removal of the fallen tree. Our emergency tree removal services are also applicable for any accidents including vehicle collisions. We can also assess the surrounding trees for any hidden damage and dismantle and remove the damaged tree if required.

Tree Removal Service Birkenhead

Even on the ground, tree surgery requires technical skill and experience, it’s a lot more complex than merely using a chainsaw to a tree. With no proper experience, equipment and competence, you should not try tree surgery. If the tree fell due to damages, there can be further dangers of other falling limbs. Certainly never compromise your own personal safety to remove a fallen branch, get in touch with your local Birkenhead tree surgeon professionals.
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If you have further questions about commercial or residential tree removal Birkenhead give us a call to book a free survey.