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Handling Storm Damaged Trees
Even though they’re typically taken as being really solid and everlasting, trees can certainly end up being vulnerable in adverse weather conditions such as storms & strong winds. Fierce storms and strong winds have been known to annihilate trees and tear even the healthiest & sturdiest trees from the soil, sending them smashing to the earth, or onto vehicles, buildings, neighbours’ gardens and power lines.
How many times following strong winds have you heard about storm-damaged trees and dislodged branches damaging property or blocking the road. In addition to the inconvenience & danger it also may result in expensive repair work.
The toughest option after a storm isn’t specifically how to deal with the trees that are definitely down, that’s pretty easy. The more difficult choice is whether any of the trees left upright are salvageable.
Certain trees that have been partially damaged in the windstorm might pose a future hazard and may well have to be disassembled and took away to prevent placing people & property at risk in several months or even years to come.
Some other trees can be conserved by being pruned back, with their most damaged parts being ‘severed’ much like how an operating surgeon might take off a gangrenous leg. Others might require to be staked with guy cables or held up with other supports until they are able to re-develop the root system they need to stand on their own.
If a storm has caused trees to fall on buildings, our tree contractors can be trusted to clear away the affected trees quickly, safely and efficiently to allow the building and construction companies easy access to the property to begin repair work on the damaged structures and power lines.
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Different Kinds Of Storm Damage
Every one of these sorts of damage leads to a different prognosis for the trees’ long term survival, however making a prognosis is a job ideally left to a fully certified arborist. An unqualified amateur is far more likely to overlook a small detail that can separate one decision from another, such as finding the splinters from a crown twist but failing to see the slight lean that signifies that the roots also failed.
There are generally six forms of storm damage that a tree can’t typically sustain:
- Blowovers – these are where the entire tree is uprooted.
- Stem Failures – this is where the trunk of the tree splits above the ground, causing the crown to come down or to bend violently whilst the bottom section stays standing normally.
- Root Failures – is when the roots of the tree break under the ground, resulting in the tree pitching or swaying dramatically.
- Limb Failures – is where one or more branches of the tree fall off.
- Crown Twists – is when the trunk of the tree turns enough to splinter, but stays up. This takes place most often on trees with very lopsided crowns. The entire crown basically transforms into a weather vane in a storm, turning 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 up, at the moment. Lightening strikes have a lot of secondary effects such as 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 considerably higher danger to drop even though it made it through the original windstorm.
Maintaining Storm Damaged Trees
Our tree experts will not only dispose of fallen trees safely and securely and without more damage to property, but will in addition have the ability to give you functional suggestions on how to save or preserve existing trees that are still standing, even though they may have been damaged in the windstorm. Our very experienced personnel can assess the scenario on your property and advise you which trees have gotten enough damage that they’d die even if they were very carefully raised and replanted.
Emergency Tree Removal Call Out Service
If you find your self needing a local 24-Hour emergency tree surgeon then our expert tree surgeons will be on site at the earliest possibility to assess the situation and advise you of any remedial methods provided.
If our team can’t immediately get rid of the tree, we’ll at the very least restore a practical level of accessibility and come back at the earliest opportunity to accomplish a complete and safe clearing of the fallen tree. Our emergency tree removal services are additionally appropriate for any accidents such as vehicle collisions. We can also check the surrounding trees for any concealed injury and dismantle and remove the damaged tree if needed.
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Even on the ground, tree surgery calls for experience and technical skill, it is a lot more complicated than merely taking a chainsaw to a tree. Without proper equipment, experience and competence, you should not try one’s hand at tree surgery. If the tree fell as a result of damages, there might be additional risks of other falling branches. By no means endanger your own personal safety to remove a fallen limb, get in touch with your local Harrogate tree surgeon professionals.
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