Emergency Tree Removal in Katy & Houston, TX
A tree on your roof is not a wait-till-Monday problem. When a limb comes down on your house, blocks your driveway, or leans into a power line, you need someone who can assess it and move.
Houston Arbor Care has handled emergency tree work across Katy and Houston since 1989. Every call is assessed by an ISA Certified Arborist, so you get a straight answer about what is actually dangerous and what can safely wait until morning.
Call Us Immediately If
A tree or large limb has fallen on your house, garage, or vehicle
A tree is leaning hard after a storm, especially with lifted or cracked soil at the base
A large limb is cracked and hanging but has not come down yet
A tree is blocking your driveway or the road
Storm damage has left a tree structurally unsound near your house
If a Tree Is On or Near Power Lines
Do not approach it. Do not try to move it. Call CenterPoint Energy and 911 first.
Downed lines can energize the tree, the ground, and standing water around it. No tree service can safely work on a tree in contact with a live line until the utility has de-energized and cleared it. Anyone who tells you otherwise is putting your property and their crew at risk.
Once it is cleared, call us and we will take it from there.
Storm Season on the Gulf Coast
Hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, and the Houston area takes the brunt of it. Saturated soil plus sustained wind is what puts mature trees down. Our clay soil holds water, and when a root plate is sitting in saturated ground, it lets go.
The failures we see most after a storm:
Shallow-rooted trees uprooting in saturated soil
Co-dominant stems splitting apart at weak unions
Large horizontal live oak limbs failing under wind load
Trees already weakened by decay or construction damage coming down first
Trees that have been properly pruned and structurally supported hold up considerably better. Most emergency calls we get are on trees that had a visible problem well before the storm arrived.
What We Do on an Emergency Call
Every emergency starts with an assessment of what failed, what it is resting on, and what is still holding. A tree lying across a driveway is a different job than one bearing down on a roofline, and the second one gets handled differently.
Once the tree is down we clear the debris and leave the site safe. We do not tarp roofs or handle structural repairs. That is a roofer's job.
Serving Katy and Houston
Based in Katy, responding throughout the greater Houston area.
Need Emergency Tree Removal?
If a storm has left a tree damaged, unstable, or blocking access to your property, contact Houston Arbor Care for an assessment.