Hurricane season on the South Carolina coast runs June through November, and the summer thunderstorms in between drop plenty of limbs on their own. When a storm leaves a tree on the fence or a limb hanging over the roof, call (843) 927-2499 and describe what you are looking at.
First, the safety part
Before you call anyone, walk the yard from a distance and look for three things.
- Power lines. If a tree or limb is touching a power line, or a line is down, stay away from it and call your power company first. Nothing else happens until the line is dead or cleared.
- Trees against the house. A tree resting on the roof is being held up by the roof. Stay out of the rooms under it until it is off.
- Hangers. Broken limbs still caught in the canopy come down without warning. Keep kids, pets, and cars out from under them.
Then call us. Tell us what fell, what it is on, and whether anyone's power is involved. A photo from your phone helps us bring the right gear.
What storm cleanup includes
- Trees on structures. A tree on a roof, a shed, a fence, or a car has to come off in pieces, in the right order, so it does not shift and do more damage on the way. That is climbing and rigging work, and it is what this crew does every day.
- Downed trees in the yard. Cut up, loaded, and hauled. The lawn is raked. If a tree is across a driveway or blocking a door, tell us and we will make that the first cut.
- Hangers and broken limbs. A climber removes broken limbs still hanging in the canopy and prunes the tears back to the branch collar so the tree can seal over instead of rotting.
- Leaners and lifted roots. A tree that is leaning more than it was, or has soil heaving on one side of the base, is partly uprooted and will finish falling in the next wind. We remove these before they pick their own moment. There is more on this in leaning tree after a storm: remove it, trim it, or leave it?
- Debris piles. Already have everything dragged to the curb? We load it and haul it so you are not waiting weeks on a pickup schedule.
What we tell you that others might not
After a storm we look at every tree on the property, not just the one that fell. If a neighboring pine has a fresh crack, a live oak has a limb that split but did not drop, or a tree that looked fine last week now has a lean, we will point it out. You decide what to do about it. Most of the time the answer is a small pruning job now instead of a tree on the house in the next storm.
Insurance and paperwork
Homeowners insurance often covers removing a tree that fell on a covered structure, and sometimes debris removal up to a limit. Coverage for a tree that fell in the yard and hit nothing varies. Read your policy or call your agent. We provide a written invoice that describes the work, and we can take photos before we start if you need them for a claim.
How fast can you get here?
It depends on what the storm did to the rest of the county. Trees on houses and blocked driveways come first. Call, tell us what you have, and we will tell you honestly when we can be there. We serve Conway, Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, and the rest of Horry County.
