[MMMCOOKIES55]

Officially been in the house two months today, and a big ass tree falls on it crushing the theatre room, said because of the structural damage we can't stay ... Ugh thank god for insurance !

[MMMCOOKIES55]

Anyone living in the apex, fuquay area of nc, hope your ok!

[upstatedoc]

Damn dude! Glad everyone is OK. Same thing happened to a friend of mine in Philly. Damn tree just missed the wifey!

[sterz85]

damn that's a really nice house!

[M_Six]

Saw a neighbor cut down all his trees except one and that one later fell on his neighbor's new truck. Never have trusted evergreens.

Glad no one was hurt. Hopefully you can get a contractor to fix it quickly. Around here it would take months.

[Seminole]

Looks like it was a tree from the neighbor's house... Does their insurance cover the damages if that's the case?

[MMMCOOKIES55]

Originally Posted by Seminole

Looks like it was a tree from the neighbor's house... Does their insurance cover the damages if that's the case?

Only if the tree was found to be unhealthy which it wasn't. Thanks everyone. Never been through something like this so a little nervous about the process.

[dtwyim]

So did the wind bring it down?

[MMMCOOKIES55]

Originally Posted by dtwyim

So did the wind bring it down?

Yes, microburst, quite a few trees came down

[PINeely]

That is rotten luck. At least it caught it on a corner and not straight on or the damage would have been much worse.

[1fastdoc]

Originally Posted by PINeely

That is rotten luck. At least it caught it on a corner and not straight on or the damage would have been much worse.

I don't know, seems to me that a corner it would be much worse from a structural standpoint.

[PINeely]

Originally Posted by 1fastdoc

I don't know, seems to me that a corner it would be much worse from a structural standpoint.

I mean that if the tree had fallen a few more degrees to the right it would have hit the first story on a main beam of the roof, as well as that bit of the second story. There's no telling how much more expensive it would have been with a tree that big.

[MMMCOOKIES55]

Well the shitty part is it hit one of the main load bearing beams for the roof... And crushed it.



The biggest tree on the whole damn lot too...

[MMMCOOKIES55]

Originally Posted by PINeely

I mean that if the tree had fallen a few more degrees to the right it would have hit the first story on a main beam of the roof, as well as that bit of the second story. There's no telling how much more expensive it would have been with a tree that big.

Yeah a few degrees to the right would of crushed our master bedroom on the first floor... Where my wife was sleeping at the time, so we're very thankful.

[PINeely]

Well I know that she woke the fuck up when that happened.

[bosstones]

Wow....glad no one got hurt! Hope it gets taken care of quickly and things get back to normal for you. Nice house btw.

[kevinbahnz]

Ouch, that sucks.

[sanf]

nice house and yes.. fuk the trees. they are nice but wouldn't want them to be close to my property. Take care and hope the weather will hold up before they cover up the damaged area and protect it from rain etc.

[Maestro]

I have seen this before, house builder go into a plot of land take down trees to put up house then you get some rain and a little wind and those trees which are left can not hold themselves up and fall on to the house.

Most time the trees depend on the trees around them to help them not get blown down. Once you remove many of the trees the remaining one do not last long. the wind brings them down or the house builder damage the root systems they can not hold themselves up.

if I was you I would take down the other one as well they will not last long and may fall on your house in the near future. From the looks of it, it appear they are your neighbors so they may want to take them down if they do not want to pay for damage to your house.

[1fastdoc]

Originally Posted by Maestro

I have seen this before, house builder go into a plot of land take down trees to put up house then you get some rain and a little wind and those trees which are left can not hold themselves up and fall on to the house.

Most time the trees depend on the trees around them to help them not get blown down. Once you remove many of the trees the remaining one do not last long. the wind brings them down or the house builder damage the root systems they can not hold themselves up.

if I was you I would take down the other one as well they will not last long and may fall on your house in the near future. From the looks of it, it appear they are your neighbors so they may want to take them down if they do not want to pay for damage to your house.

Never really thought about this. Very good point.

[MidwestGolfBum]

My parents had that happen to their house not too long ago as well. Hopefully you are able to get that fixed as painlessly as possible. Glad to hear that nobody was hurt.

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by Maestro

I have seen this before, house builder go into a plot of land take down trees to put up house then you get some rain and a little wind and those trees which are left can not hold themselves up and fall on to the house.

Most time the trees depend on the trees around them to help them not get blown down. Once you remove many of the trees the remaining one do not last long. the wind brings them down or the house builder damage the root systems they can not hold themselves up.

if I was you I would take down the other one as well they will not last long and may fall on your house in the near future. From the looks of it, it appear they are your neighbors so they may want to take them down if they do not want to pay for damage to your house.

I smell a lawsuit...