Emergency and storm work
Emergency tree service Comox Valley
Trees on houses, blocked drives, hangers over the yard.
What emergency and storm work involves
Emergency tree service in the Comox Valley means the southeasters that come up the Strait in the winter. A fir across the driveway, a limb hung up over the deck, a root plate lifting at the base of the trunk — those are the calls, and they do not wait for office hours.
What is included
- Phone triage first, so you know whether this is a today job or a Tuesday job
- Making the site safe before anything else happens
- Removing trees off structures, vehicles, fences and driveways
- Taking down hangers and broken tops still sitting in the crown
- Written notes and photographs for your insurer
Who it suits
Anything that has already moved. If it is leaning on the house or lifting at the roots, phone rather than fill in a form.
Worth knowing afterwards
A tree that failed is usually telling you about the ones beside it — a stand that has just lost a member is newly wind-exposed. A walk-round afterwards is free.
Emergency and storm work
Questions about emergency and storm work
Get everyone out of that part of the building and phone us. If a power line is involved or the line is down, call BC Hydro first and stay well clear — nobody should be near it, us included, until they have made it safe.
Policies differ, and the usual pattern is that damage caused BY a fallen tree is covered while removing a tree that fell harmlessly is not. We photograph and write up storm work so you have something to file either way. Ask your broker, not us.
Work outside normal hours costs more than the same work scheduled, and we say the number on the phone before the truck moves.
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Get a price for emergency and storm work.
Send a photo and a postcode. We will tell you whether it is a job, a permit question, or something that can safely be left alone.
Quotes are free, and we come and look at the tree before we price it.