Managing Storm Damaged Trees
Despite the fact that they’re generally taken as being really strong and permanent, trees can certainly come to be defenceless in extreme weather such as strong winds and storms. Intense storms and extreme winds have been known to annihilate trees and tear even the healthiest and sturdiest trees out of the ground, sending them toppling to the earth, or onto power lines, buildings, neighbours’ gardens and vehicles.
How many times following a storm have you heard about dislodged branches & storm-damaged trees damaging property or blocking the road. Aside from the inconvenience and danger it also may result in costly restorations.
The toughest decision after a storm is not how to dispose of the trees that have definitely fallen down, that’s pretty much simple. The harder possibility is if some of the trees still upright are salvageable.
Certain trees that have been moderately affected in the windstorm can present a future hazard and may have to be cut down and removed to prevent putting people & property at risk in many months or even years to come.
Other trees can be conserved by being trimmed back, with their most affected parts being ‘cut off’ exactly like how a surgeon would remove a gangrenous leg. Some other may require to be staked down with guy ropes or held up with various other supports up until they can re-develop the root system they need to stand on their own.
If a windstorm has caused trees to fall on premises, our tree professionals can be relied upon to clear away the broken trees efficiently, quickly and safely to allow the building and construction crews access to the building to start repair work on the damaged properties and power cables.
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Various Sorts Of Storm Damage
All of these types of damage causes a distinct diagnosis for the trees’ potential survival, however making a diagnosis is a job best entrusted to a fully certified arborist. An unqualified amateur is far more likely to fail to notice a small detail that can separate one verdict from another, such as noticing the splinters from a crown twist but overlooking the slight lean that indicates that the roots also snapped.
There are essentially six types of storm damage that a tree can’t normally endure:
- Blowovers – this is where the complete tree is uprooted.
- Stem Failures – this is where the trunk of the tree breaks above the soil, causing the trees crown to fall or bend violently even though the lower section stays standing normally.
- Root Failures – is when the roots of the tree break below the soil, leading to the tree bending or swinging considerably.
- Branch Failures – is where one or more branches of the tree break off.
- Crown Twists – is when the trunk of the tree turns sufficient to split, but stays standing. This occurs most often on trees with highly disproportionate crowns. The complete crown ultimately ends up being a weathervane in a storm, twisting to follow the wind flow in a way that the trunk can not.
- Lightening Hits – When lightening strikes the tree gets burned and electrocuted, but stays standing, for now. Lightening strikes have a lot of secondary effects such as 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 risk to drop even though it got through the initial windstorm.
Securing Storm Damaged Trees
Our tree specialists will not only remove upended trees safely and with no more damage to buildings, but they will also be able to give practical suggestions on just how to save or preserve existing trees that are still standing, even though they may well have been damaged in the windstorm. Our very experienced staff can review the situation on your residential or commercial property and tell you which trees have experienced a lot of damage that they’d die even if they were very carefully 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 very first possibility to examine the situation and inform you of all the remedial solutions available.
If our experts can’t fully clear away the tree, we’ll at the very least restore a good level of access and revisit at the very first opportunity to carry out a safe and complete clearing of your fallen tree. Our emergency tree removal services are also appropriate for any accidents such as vehicle accidents. We can additionally check the surrounding trees for any concealed harm and dismantle and remove the damaged tree if needed.
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Even on the ground, tree surgery calls for technical skill & experience, it’s a lot more complex than just simply taking a chainsaw to a tree. Without applicable experience, equipment and competence, you should not try tree surgery. If the tree fell because of damages, there might be more risks of some other failing branches. By no means compromise your personal basic safety to remove a fallen branch, call your local Cockermouth tree surgeon professionals.
For a totally free no obligation quotation on any kind of tree work call us right away.
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