Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

silvercar

The trees and the solar panels:

http://flic.kr/p/by8ac5

I'm facing north taking the photo, so straight north would be pointing between the two trees.

The majority of the solar panels would go on the shed roof that you can just see (facing south) on the left hand side.
The remaining panels panels would go on the summer house roof.

The oak tree is centre of the picture. For some reason it always gets its leaves later than other trees, but it is in fairly good condition. It drops a lot of debris on the summer house roof, so really needs to be cut down. The mainly dead tree is to the right of the oak and whereas it is out of harms way, some branches are showing signs of rotting, so it should really come down.

I'm guessing the houses behind are about 20' tall and are slightly elevated from us, so the tree could be 40'????

To put the picture in perspective, the summerhouse is I think 25' wide and the cherry blossom that has lost most of its blossom already (LHS) is about 60' from the summer house.

lostinrates

Oaks do leaf up late. E..g our horse chestnuts and lilacs are all in leaf now, the oaks are just starting to bud.


I wouldn't want to lose the privacy in the summer from those trees.

zagubov

Parents lost five trees in the last storms, all Scots pines, at least 80 years old and a good height. Took them ages to get cut up and carted away. Got about a dozen trees left, all smaller than the ones we lost, obviously

They've got an old house (the town mainly expanded in the 70s so mainly new housing and gardens) so not many other trees lost.

In the local parks the biggest trees were all uprooted in the Great Storm of 1968. I remember walking through the park and seeing all the giant root systems all raised in the air. Very alien and weird.

SingleSue

Doozergirl wrote: »

Just got car insurance renewal through the post. £1021.

Note to husband. Do not leave the handbrake off the car ever again! :mad:

EDIT: One comparison website and we're down to £595 but I've never heard of half the insurers on this list.

Ouch! Mine has just been renewed....£312 but that also includes, fully comp protected no claims, RAC, key cover and legal with an extra low excess.

sss555s

silvercar wrote: »

The trees and the solar panels:

Reminds my of my aunts place in Surrey.

The tree in the middle looks more like 50' to me and does look like a substantial job. Just make sure they are fully insured for any damage.

Would there not be a lot of inefficiency by running the generated power to the house or would the inverter be in the summer house.

I may be barking up the wrong tree, Lydia will know.

SingleSue

silvercar wrote: »

At least you are not paying petrol in a courtesy car.

My local garage does a courtesy car when your car is in for repairs or MOT....you always get it at the just about to run out of fuel stage, so it is an immediate dive to the fuel station around the corner.

Mind you, I make sure I always return it in the same state....

michaels

Nice lawn - ours is mostly moss, once I am more mature I will dedicate myself to having a good lawn although my hay fever means I will never be able to appreciate a good lawn the way I did as a child

No enclosure for the trampoline - is that safe?

Our lawn was moss because there was a stand of about 15 leylandii down the south boundary which were 20-25 feet tall - these were taken down and shredded for 500 quid by 3 guys in half a day but they could be felled whole (using a rope to make sure they fell the right way).

It would be a shame to lose the oak and it doesn't seem to actually shade the panels, are you sure it has to go?

SingleSue

I'm getting wound up by a thread in another section of this site.....autistic husband and she wants him written off (as in working) forever because he is autistic.

It goes completely against my beliefs with autism and makes me feel so desperately sad that someone can think that way.

Grrrr.....

Doozergirl

Davesnave wrote: »

Pity it's an oak that has to cop it, as they're just about the most important trees for wildlife, supporting around 400 species.
We have one that must go too, as it is too close to the main drain.....can't even pull out the stump, I fear.

If the trees are 4' wide, that is quite different from the trees we dealt with. Nevertheless, I'm sure my tree man would love the work at those prices.....and yes, he's insured, as he deals with stuff on county roads when there's a fall in the area.

Is it just me that thinks that the Oak wood might be worth something?

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Nice lawn - ours is mostly moss, once I am more mature I will dedicate myself to having a good lawn although my hay fever means I will never be able to appreciate a good lawn the way I did as a child

No enclosure for the trampoline - is that safe?

Our lawn was moss because there was a stand of about 15 leylandii down the south boundary which were 20-25 feet tall - these were taken down and shredded for 500 quid by 3 guys in half a day but they could be felled whole (using a rope to make sure they fell the right way).

It would be a shame to lose the oak and it doesn't seem to actually shade the panels, are you sure it has to go?

I love mossy lawns, all springy and sumptuous. I also like daisys in lawns. Dh spent most of last summer mowing carefully around another variety of grass that had sprung up here...the boys who installed our spetic system were always very relaxed and demolished food i provided.

I really, really, really want to replace the grass at the front of our house with a chamolmile lawn...irregular, fragrant, no mowing, but its mainly east facing, though gets light from the south too, i just am not sure its quite sunny enough.....