Gold Coast and the Tweed
Storm damage tree work on the Gold Coast
Hangers brought down and split limbs made safe first, then the rest cleared.
Storm damage
What gets dealt with first
After a storm the order is decided by what is holding weight, not by what looks worst from the street.
What is hanging
A limb caught in the canopy is the first thing down. It can let go on its own and nobody can predict when.
What is split
A trunk or a fork that has torn open is carrying load it was never meant to. It is made safe before anything else is touched.
What has already fallen
Cleared once the danger above it is gone, cut to length or chipped and carted.
Compared: removal, lopping or pruning, stump grinding or stump removal, council tree rules compared
How it works
Four steps, and the permit comes before the price
Nothing happens without a written quote you have agreed to.
- 1
Call or send the form
Include the suburb, your details and what needs to be done.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
On site, not off a photo, because access and what sits underneath change the job.
- 3
The permit position is checked
Against the city's vegetation mapping and the koala controls, before a price is given.
- 4
Quoted in writing
The quote sets out the scope, the timber, the stump and the date. Then a date is booked.
Storm questions
After hours, insurance and how fast
A limb came down overnight. How fast can someone come?
Say what has come down and where it is resting. Say what has come down and where it is resting, and whether anything is still caught up in the tree.
Will my insurer want anything?
Usually photographs before the clean up and an itemised quote. Ask before anything is moved, and take the photographs yourself if it is safe to.
