This past Thursday my morning surprise (0900) was a loud CRACK, then my daughter yelling "MOM/DAD/MOM/DAD COME QUICK!!!"
The neighbor's zillion year old oak lost the limb that overhung my garage. The trunk on this tree goes 4ft. diameter if it's an inch, and the limb that snapped was a good 10" at the base. Spent my Thursday clearing branches from the roof, and cutting in shingle patches to plug the holes.
There's two 3"+ diameter holes punched right through the roof deck, and 6+ feet of soffit & fascia wrecked. Sammy said the limb snapped at the trunk, fell straight down, then keeled over and hit the garage rolling along the edge. If it would've been a direct hit the soffit & wall would be a goner.
Sorry to see John but it will be better than new before you know it. At least no vehicle damage!
BLyke said
Jul 26, 2017
Hope the insurance Co. gets is taken care of without too much hassle. That's a big branch
more ambition than brains said
Jul 26, 2017
As long as everyone is ok, all is good.
at least it didn't damage the house , or the New door!
Karl
Larry Lucast said
Jul 26, 2017
It looks like it could have been much worse if it hit the power line, or fell straight down. Good luck on the repairs.
dashboard said
Jul 26, 2017
So much for the tree fort idea. Be sure to check for any possible dangerous limbs on the tree, it could more issues. We have come to know our tree service guy pretty well,in fact I think we regularly fund his 401K. We had a 140 footer come down, snapped off at about 70 feet and fell harmlessly in the yard.
-- Edited by dashboard on Wednesday 26th of July 2017 03:47:58 PM
Wow, glad it didn't take the wall down and damage everything inside. The neighbors insurance should be good for the cost of repairs.
Had that happen at the cabin a few years ago. Insurance covered the damage repair but were way short on tree removal ??? They only provide $500. Can't hardly call a tree "specialist" on the phone for that amount...
John D said
Jul 29, 2017
Nope... It's kinda like MN car insurance "No Fault".
My garage got in the way of her tree... They were both occupying the same place in the universe, but through an outside influence they banged into eachother.
My insu is calling it "storm damage" - which significantly cuts my deductible.
Lost in the 60s said
Jul 31, 2017
Well, that stinks that your insurance has to foot the bill for their tree...I would think the neighbor would, at least, pay the deductible, since they never trimmed it to prevent this situation.
This past Thursday my morning surprise (0900) was a loud CRACK, then my daughter yelling "MOM/DAD/MOM/DAD COME QUICK!!!"
The neighbor's zillion year old oak lost the limb that overhung my garage. The trunk on this tree goes 4ft. diameter if it's an inch, and the limb that snapped was a good 10" at the base. Spent my Thursday clearing branches from the roof, and cutting in shingle patches to plug the holes.
There's two 3"+ diameter holes punched right through the roof deck, and 6+ feet of soffit & fascia wrecked. Sammy said the limb snapped at the trunk, fell straight down, then keeled over and hit the garage rolling along the edge. If it would've been a direct hit the soffit & wall would be a goner.
The insurance guy is coming out tomorrow morning.
at least it didn't damage the house , or the New door!
Karl
So much for the tree fort idea. Be sure to check for any possible dangerous limbs on the tree, it could more issues.
We have come to know our tree service guy pretty well,in fact I think we regularly fund his 401K. We had a 140 footer come down, snapped off at about 70 feet and fell harmlessly in the yard.
-- Edited by dashboard on Wednesday 26th of July 2017 03:47:58 PM
Wow, glad it didn't take the wall down and damage everything inside. The neighbors insurance should be good for the cost of repairs.
Had that happen at the cabin a few years ago. Insurance covered the damage repair but were way short on tree removal ??? They only provide $500. Can't hardly call a tree "specialist" on the phone for that amount...
My garage got in the way of her tree... They were both occupying the same place in the universe, but through an outside influence they banged into eachother.
My insu is calling it "storm damage" - which significantly cuts my deductible.
Well, that stinks that your insurance has to foot the bill for their tree...I would think the neighbor would, at least, pay the deductible, since they never trimmed it to prevent this situation.