24/7 Emergency Tree Removal in Central Florida

• Get people and pets out of any room under the damage, and stay out of it.
• Do not climb on the tree, and do not cut a limb that is bent or pinned. Wood under tension springs when it is cut.
• Leave a tree that is leaning on a structure alone. What is holding it up may be the only thing holding it up.
• Take photos from somewhere safe if you can, including wide shots. They help later with your insurer.
• Keep vehicles out from under anything that is hanging.

Then call. The sooner we know, the sooner you are in the queue.

• A tree or large limb on your house, garage, or roof
• A tree on a vehicle
• A tree blocking your only way in or out
• A large limb hanging over a walkway, driveway, or play area
• A tree leaning sharply, especially if the lean is new since the storm
• Soil lifting or cracking around the base, which means the root plate is pulling out
• A tree down across a fence line, a pool cage, or a shared property line
• Any tree in contact with a power line, after you have called the utility

If none of that describes your situation, you are probably looking at regular work rather than an emergency, which is cheaper. See our tree removal services for scheduled takedowns, or read about our tree trimming and pruning if the issue is limbs rather than the whole tree.

Hurricane season runs June through November, and most of our emergency volume lands in that window. Afternoon summer storms cause plenty of it too. A saturated root plate plus a strong gust brings down trees that stood through worse when the ground was dry.

What we handle after weather:

• Trees and limbs off houses, garages, sheds, vehicles, and fences
• Trees cleared from driveways and access routes
• Broken and hanging limbs taken out of standing trees
• Snapped trunks and split trees made safe
• Debris cleared and hauled off

A note on how it actually goes after a named storm. Everyone calls at once, and every company in Central Florida is working a backlog. Calling early gets you in the queue earlier. We will be straight with you about where you sit rather than promising a time we cannot hold.

We are not insurance people and this is not advice about your policy. That said, here is the general shape of how homeowners policies tend to treat tree damage in Florida, so you know what to ask.

• Coverage usually turns on whether the tree damaged a covered structure. A tree through the roof is treated differently from a tree that fell in the yard.
• A tree that comes down without hitting anything is often not covered, or covered only up to a small removal limit.
• Whose tree it was matters less than people expect. Damage is generally handled by the policy covering the property that got hit.
• Deductibles for hurricane and windstorm claims are often separate from the standard deductible, and higher.
• Documentation helps. Photos before anything is moved, photos during, receipts, and a written description of the work.

We can give you written documentation of the work we did, which is usually what a carrier asks for. Emergency work needed to prevent further damage, such as getting a tree off a roof so it can be covered, is often treated differently from cosmetic cleanup, which is worth asking your carrier about specifically.

Someone picks up and asks what is going on. Have this ready if you can, and if you cannot, call anyway and we will work it out on the phone.

• Your address, and the cross street if you are somewhere hard to find
• What the tree hit, or what it is threatening to hit
• Whether anyone is hurt, and whether anyone is still inside the affected part of the building
• Whether a power line is involved, and whether you have called the utility yet
• Rough size of the tree, if you can tell in the dark. Anything is better than nothing
• How the crew gets in: gate width, driveway, anything blocking access
• Whether an insurance claim is already open

From there we tell you what we can do and when, and what it is likely to involve. You get a price before work starts.