Storm Debris Removal in St. Simons Island, GA

After a storm or a long run of bad weather, our island schedule changes fast. Debris and urgent cleanup move to the front because that’s what most people need, and we keep in touch rather than promise times we can’t keep. Genuine hazards go first — a blocked driveway, a limb on the roof — then debris still doing damage, then the routine cleanup.

The damage might be in St. Clair or over in Fifty Oaks. Wherever it is, a photo of the debris and of the path from it to the street lets us size the truck and the crew to the job.

On the north end, where lots are spread out and the ground stays soft after heavy rain, we carry storm debris out by hand rather than rut a soaked lawn with a loaded truck. Near the Village and the beach the trouble is the opposite — almost no room to park — so the loads are smaller and the visits quicker.

Where debris can go matters as much as the trucks. After a widespread storm the receiving facilities simply fill up, and every load from the island still has to cross the causeway to reach them. That’s a big part of why our post-storm timelines are honest rather than hopeful.

A tree that’s fully on the ground gets cut to truck-bed length and hauled. If one is still leaning, partly upright or resting against the house, a tree service needs to bring it down first, and we come in right behind them.

Big cleanups run in waves. The first trip takes the urgent and the heaviest, and later trips handle the slower finish at whatever pace your household is moving.

If you need photos or a list of what left for your records, tell us when you book and we’ll work with you.

Send us a few photos and tell us what you need removed. We’ll take it from there.

We figure out where each part of the load should go. Green material, metal and general debris are separated and handled their own way, and the loads come straight off the island to Brunswick.

Aluminum shutter panels, fence wire and other storm-bent metal are typically recycled as scrap, often at SA Recycling in Brunswick.

A refrigerator ruined by floodwater usually goes through an appliance and refrigerant recycling channel such as SA Recycling.