Spring is the season for destructive severe storms to start popping up throughout Nashville and the rest of the region. When you need emergency tree service, tree removal, or help with cleanup after a storm, who do you call?
Speedy Tree Removal
When a tree comes down or is significantly damaged by storm winds, hail, or lightning, you need to act quickly. Sometimes fallen trees or limbs block roads or damage your property, like your home or car. When this happens, it’s likely you’re going to want help right away. Storm damage services in Nashville, like what we offer at The Parke Company, are prepared to match your urgency. We have the specialized equipment and expertise needed to assess the damage and get it cleaned up safely and quickly. Our qualified arborists can review the damage and determine whether damaged trees are salvageable or will need to be removed. Safety is our priority, both for our folks working on the trees and for you, your family, or your employees. Being able to respond quickly is important to us, as it can help ensure that further damage isn’t done to your property. Fallen tree limbs need to be removed as soon as possible, as leaving dead wood on the ground can attract pests or lead to fungal growth.
Why Work With the Experts?
Post-storm tree removal doesn’t need to be a headache. Trying to do it yourself can be a challenge or downright dangerous. Mother Nature doesn’t always knock a tree down neatly. Sometimes trees lean on their neighbors or on your home itself. When removing these high-risk trees, you don’t want to leave anything to chance. The Parke Company is fully insured, meaning our folks have protection, and so does your property. We also have decades of experience and special tools that make it much simpler to remove trees safely and efficiently. Chainsaws and cherry pickers are two very dangerous pieces of machinery, and tree removal pros use them daily, along with other risky equipment.
Let us handle the hard stuff. If you feel even the slightest hesitation about whether you can DIY this storm damage tree removal, don’t chance it. It’s not just about safety, either (though that is of the utmost importance). Tree service equipment isn’t cheap to buy or rent yourself, so you may not be saving money on doing it yourself in the end anyway. Chances are you won’t have everything you need on hand, which means further delays in getting the damaged trees or limbs safely removed from your property. Another benefit of working with professional arborists and tree surgeons is that we handle the cleanup. When you do it on your own, you’re stuck leaving limbs at the curb for collection, which can take a long time and comes with all sorts of complex rules. Skip the heavy lifting and let us handle things for you, including removal. Not only will your property look better without a bunch of wood waiting for removal, but it can also protect your lawn from damage in this critical growth season.
Storm Service FAQs
Here’s a common question we get: does insurance cover tree removal after a storm? This isn’t always an easy question to answer, but here are some general tips for figuring it out. It’s important not to wait for insurance to get your tree damage dealt with. The big thing is this: insurance moves slowly, so you won’t be able to avoid paying upfront for the removal. Homeowner’s insurance policies do sometimes partially cover tree removal if the tree has caused damage to an insured structure on your property, but it really does depend on the company and other circumstances, like the coverage policy, the age of the tree, and more.
Another question we try to have an answer for (but always need a little more information from clients on) relates to the cost of tree removal from storm damage. Prices can vary based on the size of the tree, the complexity of its removal, and other, smaller contributing factors. Other factors include details like the hardness of the tree, whether you want the stump removed, and whether you want the mulch from its removal. The location of the tree and its proximity to other trees or structures on your property can also make it more costly. If we can’t get heavier machinery to the tree, that may mean it’ll take longer to remove. This can drive up the overall cost. Ultimately, it’s hard to say exactly how much a tree will cost to remove. If the tree has fallen entirely, that does make it simpler for us, so any estimates you may have for complete removal may be lower if the wind knocked it down for us.
The question we often field from home and property owners dealing with storm damage is whether they could have prevented it. Hindsight is always 20/20, and you might feel like you missed the signs of at-risk trees on your property before storm season. It’s true that the best defense is a good offense, and preventative tree service is a great tool to use to protect your property. You aren’t a tree expert, so don’t beat yourself up for missing that a tree was dying and therefore more likely to fall under heavy winds. But whether or not you need emergency tree services, you should schedule some tree maintenance to keep storm damage at bay. Arborists can look at your property and perform a tree inventory, which helps everyone get a better idea of the state of your trees. Once we’ve looked at your trees, we can advise on whether some limbs need to be removed, or in some cases, when entire trees require removal. Regular tree maintenance can minimize storm damage, and at the very least, it keeps cleanup to a minimum. Even if you weather a bad wind storm, you’re stuck picking up sticks for a few days or weeks, depending on the number of trees you have. We can help keep that extra work to a minimum by being proactive and resolving your tree issues before storm damage has a chance to exploit them.
Don’t Fear the Storms
We’re in the season for the worst of Nashville’s storms, so it’s important to have some contacts on hand in the event you need emergency tree removal. Call us anytime at The Parke Company, and we’re sure to be out as quickly as we can to handle your tree removal safely and efficiently.