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Dealing With Trees Damaged In A Storm
Even though they’re often taken as being solid and eternal, trees can end up being at risk in extreme weather conditions like storms and strong winds. Intense storms and high winds have been known to decimate trees and rip even the sturdiest and healthiest trees out of the ground, sending them smashing to the ground, or onto power lines, buildings, neighbours’ gardens and vehicles.
How many times shortly after strong winds have you heard of dislodged branches and storm-damaged trees blocking the road or damaging property. Aside from the danger and inconvenience it also can cause expensive repairs.
The toughest decision following a windstorm is not specifically how to deal with the trees that have definitely fallen down, that is more or less easy. The more difficult decision is whether any of the trees left upright are salvageable.
Some trees that have been partly damaged in the windstorm may well present a future threat and may well have to be disassembled and took out to prevent placing people and property at risk in months or even years ahead.
Other trees can be saved by being pruned back, with their worst affected sections being ‘severed’ much like how an operating surgeon would take off a gangrenous leg. Others might need to get staked down with guy ropes or supported with other supports up until they are able to re-develop the root system they need to stand on their own.
If a windstorm has caused trees to land on premises, our tree specialists can be trusted to remove the broken trees safely, quickly and efficiently to allow the construction teams access to the property to start restorations on the affected structures and power cables.
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Different Kinds Of Storm Damage
Each of these types of problem causes a different outlook for the trees’ future survival, however forming a diagnosis is a task best left to a fully qualified arborist. An unqualified nonprofessional is far more liable to miss a small detail that may differentiate one decision from another, like seeing the splinters from a crown twist but missing the slight lean which shows that the roots also snapped.
There are generally 6 sorts of storm damage which a tree can’t normally sustain:
- Blowovers – this is where the entire tree falls down.
- Stem Failures – this is where the trunk of the tree splits above the earth, making the trees crown to fall or sag strongly while the bottom section stays standing normally.
- Root Failures – is where the root systems of the tree tear under the earth, leading to the tree bending or swaying dramatically.
- Limb Failures – is where one or more limbs of the tree detach.
- Crown Twists – is where the trunk of the tree rotates enough to split, but stays standing. This takes place most typically on trees with highly disproportionate crowns. The entire crown basically transforms into a weather vane in a windstorm, turning to follow the wind flow in a way that 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 number of additional effects including 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 considerably greater risk to drop despite the fact that it endured the original windstorm.
Securing Storm Damaged Trees
Our tree experts will not only clear away fallen trees safely and without more damage to property, but they will in addition can give useful advice on how to save or preserve existing trees that are still left standing, despite the fact that they might have been damaged in the windstorm. Our highly experienced personnel can evaluate the scenario on your residential or commercial property and explain to you which trees have gotten a lot of damage that they would die whether or not they were very carefully raised and replanted.
24 Hour 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 examine the problem and inform you of any remedial strategies available.
If our team can’t immediately get rid of the tree, we’ll at the very least restore a practical level of access and revisit at the earliest possibility to perform a complete and safe removal of the fallen tree. Our emergency tree removal services are even suitable for any accidents including traffic collisions. We are able to also examine the surrounding trees for any concealed damages and dismantle and remove the affected tree if needed.
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Even on the ground, tree surgery demands technical skill & experience, it is a lot more complex than just using a chainsaw to a tree. With no applicable competence equipment and experience, you should not have a go at tree surgery. If the tree fell due to damages, there might be further real dangers of other failing limbs. Do not endanger your own personal safety to remove a fallen branch, call your local Sheffield tree surgeon professionals.
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