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STRUCTURAL DAMAGE- Council Oak TREE ROOTS damaging our Conserventry

Danny_G · 2011-05-03 21:39:15

There is a giant oak tree on the concil side, outside our garden, which is literally 2-3 metres from our property, from our converventry side. and the inside wall/and outside walls are cracking. It is a Structural Root damage. a) What can we do legally? b) Can we get a structural engineer to check it? c) If he says and…

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daveyjp Posts: 13,847 Forumite

5 May 2011 at 7:56AM

But you still have no proof it's the tree. Any decent builder will have noticed the tree and undertaken mitigation to ensure the tree roots didn't cause any problem to the new structure.

If normal strip foundations were used your builder could be negligent. A pile and ring beam system could have been used, this would enable the roots to continue growing without causing damage as they grow between the piles.

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