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Tree Removal Due To Storm Damage

We recommend that you contact a professional tree surgeon to help you with any fallen trees or trees damaged from storms or lightening. 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. The tree surgeons have a lot of experience and are able to remove any tree debris properly.

Handling Storm Damaged Trees

Despite the fact they are often viewed as being strong and everlasting, trees may become defenceless in extreme weather conditions such as strong winds & storms. Violent storms and strong winds have been seen to wipe out trees and rip even the healthiest & sturdiest trees from the soil, sending them plunging to the earth, or onto buildings, power lines, vehicles and neighbours’ gardens.

How many times shortly after strong winds have you heard about dislodged branches & storm-damaged trees damaging property or blocking the road. Apart from the inconvenience and danger it additionally can lead to costly repair work.

The toughest option after a windstorm is not specifically how to deal with the trees that have definitely fallen down, that’s pretty easy. The more difficult choice is whether any of the trees remaining upright are salvageable.

Various trees that have been in part damaged in the windstorm can present a potential risk and might have to be chopped down and removed to prevent placing property and people at risk in months or years to come.

Other trees may be preserved by being pruned back, with their most damaged sections being ‘amputated’ much like how an operating surgeon would amputate a gangrenous limb. Some other might require to get staked down with guy ropes or held up with other supports up until they can re-develop the root structure they need to have to stand on their own.

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

Various Types Of Storm Damage

Each of these kinds of damage leads to a varied prognosis for the trees’ long term survival, but forming a diagnosis is a task best left to a fully trained arborist. An unqualified amateur is far more liable to miss a small detail that might separate one conclusion from another, like observing the splinters from a crown twist but overlooking the slight lean that reveals that the roots also snapped.

There are generally six types of storm damage that a tree can not normally endure:

• Blowovers – this is where the entire tree is uprooted.
• Stem Failures – this is where the trunk of the tree splits above the earth, resulting in the trees crown to come down or sag violently while the bottom section remains standing normally.
• Root Failures – is when the roots of the tree crack under the earth, resulting in the tree pitching or swinging significantly.
• Limb Failures – is where one or more limbs of the tree break off.
• Crown Twists – is when the trunk of the tree turns sufficient to splinter, but stays standing. This happens most often on trees with very unbalanced crowns. The entire crown effectively becomes a weathervane in a windstorm, twisting to follow the wind flow in a way that the trunk can not.
• Lightening Strikes – When lightening strikes the tree gets burned and electrocuted, but stays standing, 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 lightening-hit tree is always at a substantially higher danger to drop despite the fact that it made it through the original windstorm.

If you have further questions about commercial or residential tree felling West Hendon give us a call to book a free survey.

Maintaining Storm Damaged Trees

Our tree professionals will not only remove upended trees safely and without any more damage to property, but they will also can give you useful suggestions on how to save or preserve existing trees that are still left standing, even though they may have been broken in the windstorm. Our very professional crew can evaluate the scenario on your residential or commercial property and advise you which trees have gotten more than enough damage that they would die even if they were properly raised and replanted.

Emergency Tree Removal Call Out Services

If you find yourself requiring a local 24 hour emergency tree surgeon then our specialist tree surgeons will definitely be on site at the earliest possibility to assess the situation and inform you of any remedial solutions provided.

If we can not fully remove the tree, we will at least restore a practical amount of access and revisit at the earliest chance to perform a complete & safe removal of the fallen tree. Our emergency tree removal services are even suitable for any accidents including traffic accidents. We will also examine the surrounding trees for any concealed harm and dismantle and remove the damaged tree if needed.

Tree Removal Service West Hendon

Even on the ground, tree surgery calls for experience & technical skill, it is a lot more complicated than just taking a chainsaw to a tree. Without any appropriate equipment, experience and competence, you should not have a go at tree surgery. If the tree fell as a result of damages, there might be further risks of other failing limbs. By no means endanger your own personal basic safety to remove a fallen limb, get in touch with your local West Hendon tree surgeon professionals.
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If you have further questions about commercial or residential tree felling West Hendon give us a call to book a free survey.