Storm Damage Cleanup in Lubbock
When a haboob or supercell rolls off the Caprock, limbs land on roofs, fences, and F-150s. Storm cleanup is the full-property recovery: debris off everything, hazards resolved, documentation for the claim. For a single tree emergency right now, the Emergency Tree Removal page is the faster read.
Call (806) 555-0119After the Storm: Full-Property Recovery
The whole yard took the hit
Why it happens: A serious front does not pick one tree - it shreds canopies across the property, drops limbs on three fences, and carpets everything in elm wood and leaves.
What we do: One scene walkthrough, one written quote covering all of it: hazards first, structures cleared, debris chipped and hauled, yard raked back to civilian condition. Staged scheduling if you want the urgent half now and the cosmetic half next week.
Typical cost: Scene-quoted by scope; splitting urgent from cosmetic is free and often smart.
Hail-shredded canopies
Why it happens: South Plains hail strips leaves and skins bark off the upper canopy. The tree looks catastrophic in June - and most of the time it is hurt, not dead.
What we do: Honest triage beats panic removal: hail-stripped trees usually releaf, and the real work is pruning the genuinely broken limbs and waiting. You will get do-not-remove-yet advice when that is the truth, even though removals pay better.
Typical cost: Cleanup pruning $200 - $600 per tree; patience, where honest, is free.
Split trunk still hanging together
Why it happens: Wind-split elms hold by fibers and habit. The half over the house has not fallen yet, which is not the same as won't.
What we do: Stabilize or remove before the next front votes. Standing splits over structures route through emergency scheduling - say split trunk over the house when you call and the clock speeds up.
Typical cost: Scene-quoted; hazard position matters more than tree size.
Alley or driveway blocked
Why it happens: Lubbock's alleys are the utility spine and the trash route - a trunk across one blocks the neighborhood's services, not just your car.
What we do: Access cuts come fast: sectioned, rolled clear, services restored, full cleanup scheduled behind the urgent part. Alley jobs get checked for line involvement first, always.
Typical cost: Access-only work costs less than full removal; the quote separates them.
Fence down under a tree
Why it happens: The property-line hackberry finally chose a side, and both households are pricing cedar pickets and blame.
What we do: The tree lifts off without grinding the fence remains deeper. Texas norm on the money: each policy typically covers its own side absent documented negligence - our photos shorten that conversation for both adjusters.
Typical cost: Scene-quoted; documentation for both parties included free.
The insurance claim needs evidence
Why it happens: Claims run on what got documented before the chainsaws - after cleanup, the proof is in the chip pile.
What we do: Your camera goes to work before any saw does - wide frames, then close-ups. The crew adds scene photos and an itemized invoice naming the work tree by tree, delivered with the receipt. Adjusters get direct answers if they call.
Typical cost: Documentation is part of the job. It is always part of the job.
Downed Lines: The Absolute Rule
If any line is down - and in Lubbock that usually means in the alley - everything stops. Call LP&L, assume every line is live including the dead-looking ones, and keep everyone away: a downed line can energize wet ground and the tree touching it. No legitimate crew cuts a tree in line contact until the utility kills it. Storm damage waits patiently; electricity does not negotiate.
How Triage Runs When the Whole Town Got Hit
The queue is need, not call order: trees on occupied homes, then blocked access, then hangers, then debris. A limb through a ceiling outranks a limb on a lawn everywhere on the list. Within tiers it is first-called, first-served - call early, describe plainly, send photos, and you get an honest queue position instead of a fantasy ETA. Storm-chaser crews will knock during the wait; the checklist that protects you is on the Emergency Tree Removal page and it applies to us too.
How It Works
- Free estimate on site. The estimator inspects the tree, the wind exposure, and what sits underneath it, then quotes in writing.
- Safe takedown or trim. Limbs come down in roped sections, lowered under control and clear of the roof, fence, and lines.
- Complete cleanup. Limbs chipped, wood hauled, yard raked. You will not find so much as a stray branch.
What It Costs
Storm cleanup is quoted at the scene, in writing, before cutting - structure work itemized separately from yard debris so you can stage the spend. Rates hold after storms; demand rises, the price sheet does not.
Storm & Wind Damage Cleanup Questions, Answered
How fast can you come after a big blow?
Structures and blocked access: usually within a day or two even in a bad week. Yard debris: honestly days to a week-plus when the whole city got hit. Anyone promising everyone same-day is lying to most of them.
Do you raise prices after storms?
No. The price sheet does not read the forecast. The written scene quote is your protection - if it is not on paper, it is not a price.
My tree lost half its leaves to hail. Is it dead?
Probably not - hail-stripped trees usually releaf within weeks. Prune the broken wood, water it through the stress, and judge in fall. You will get that patience advice straight, because removing a live tree is a mistake you cannot undo.
Should I clean up before the adjuster comes?
Photograph first - everything, every angle - then make things safe. Policies expect reasonable mitigation, but evidence outranks tidiness, and our documentation supplements yours rather than replacing it.
The neighbor's tree crushed my fence. Who pays?
Texas norm: each policy handles its own side's damage regardless of whose trunk it was, unless the tree was a documented known hazard. Adjusters settle it; the photo set both sides get from us makes it quick.
What does storm cleanup cost?
Scene-quoted in writing, with structure work itemized separately from debris so you can stage the spend. Complicated lifts cost more than raking, and the quote explains itself line by line.
Need storm & wind damage cleanup in Lubbock?
Call (806) 555-0119Or text us and we will call you back to schedule.