After the Storm

Storm Damage Cleanup & Recovery

The wind’s gone, the yard’s a mess, and a few things overhead don’t look right. We handle all of it: the brush on the ground and the hazards still hanging.

When to call us

What a storm leaves behind

  • Limbs and debris across the yard, drive, or fence line
  • “Hangers” — broken branches still caught in the canopy overhead
  • Split or torn limbs that need clean pruning cuts to heal
  • A tree that’s newly leaning or lifting soil at its base
  • ACTIVE emergency — tree on the house? That’s our 24-hour line, right now
The dangerous part is what’s still up there.
More than raking

The dangerous part is what’s still up there.

Ground debris is work; overhead debris is risk. Hangers — broken limbs lodged in the canopy — come down on their own schedule unless someone brings them down on purpose. Part of every cleanup visit is a look UP: what’s cracked, what’s caught, what did the storm start that gravity will finish.

Torn limbs get proper pruning cuts back to sound wood so the wound can close instead of rotting. Debris gets chipped and hauled, or bucked and stacked as firewood if you’d rather keep it, which costs less.

While we’re there, we’ll tell you which trees earned the damage, and whether wind-sail work or cabling would keep this from becoming an annual event.

Straight talk on cost

What cleanup costs

Simple debris cleanups start at a few hundred dollars; days with climbing work — hangers, torn-limb pruning — run more, priced by what’s overhead rather than what’s on the grass. You’ll get one clear number before work starts.

If the storm damaged a structure, your homeowners policy may cover parts of the tree work — see our emergency page for how the coverage typically splits. We photograph and document either way.

After region-wide storms we triage: active hazards first, cleanups next. Getting on the list early matters; texted photos get you an answer fastest.

Real questions, straight answers

Frequently asked questions

Treat it as if it will fall the next windy afternoon, because it might. Keep people and parking from underneath, and send us a photo by text. Hangers over structures, walkways, and driveways go to the front of the line.

Ground brush, sure — mind your back. The lines we’d ask you not to cross: anything requiring a ladder plus a saw, anything under tension (a bent sapling or loaded limb stores spring energy that has hurt a lot of homeowners), and anything near lines. That inventory is cheap for us and expensive for you.

Generally only when the tree or limb damaged a covered structure, and then with caps around $500–$1,000 for the removal piece. Debris that fell harmlessly in the yard is typically on the homeowner. We document everything so whatever claim exists goes smoothly.

Usually some mix of species (some woods are brittle), previous bad pruning (topping regrowth breaks first), dense unthinned canopy, and site exposure. It’s worth knowing which, because all four have answers, and we’ll walk the yard with you after the cleanup.

Yard wrecked? Something still hanging? Text us photos right now.

No-pressure advice, sometimes the honest answer is “your tree is fine.”