Tree removal - do we need to think of anything else?

butler_helen

Hi,

Yes the assessment guy seemed pleased for me when he revealed the soil content... I'm 4m pregnant and don't need hassle from a tree

We will be sorting it this year... It's just when that needs deciding.

The CCTV guys went down the manhole cover which is surface water? As the house 6 doors away had sewage rising up theirs... I'm very vague but they did show me on CCTV there were no cracks whilst proving there was a rat! (So I reported it to the council as it was running away towards the bins at the back of the garden - separate story).

Furts

butler_helen wrote: »

Hi,

Yes the assessment guy seemed pleased for me when he revealed the soil content... I'm 4m pregnant and don't need hassle from a tree

We will be sorting it this year... It's just when that needs deciding.

The CCTV guys went down the manhole cover which is surface water? As the house 6 doors away had sewage rising up theirs... I'm very vague but they did show me on CCTV there were no cracks whilst proving there was a rat! (So I reported it to the council as it was running away towards the bins at the back of the garden - separate story).

The CCTV will be on the foul drains, not the surface water (that is the drains taking your rainwater/gutters/yard etc). These can have a good flow even when it is dry. This is a fault exists, or ground water etc.

I am not worrying you, but this time of year is a good time to sort the tree. The tree has been dormant through the winter and the clay has regained some of its natural moisture content. Come spring and this changes, the tree starts growing...

keystone

Furts wrote: »

The CCTV will be on the foul drains, not the surface water (that is the drains taking your rainwater/gutters/yard etc). These can have a good flow even when it is dry. This is a fault exists, or ground water etc.

1890s property! Its almost inevitable that they will be combined. Its only in the last 50 years that surface water drainage and foul drainage have been separated routinely.

I am not worrying you, but this time of year is a good time to sort the tree. The tree has been dormant through the winter and the clay has regained some of its natural moisture content. Come spring and this changes, the tree starts growing...

Am really not sure why you are so determined that this tree should go?

Cheers

1trainer1

We had a tree removed from our property last year, it was an 1880's house and the tree was nearly twice the height of the house

We checked to make sure a TPO wasnt on it and it wasnt so we removed the tree at a cost of £700 (this included a smaller tree and other small bits and bats in our garden)

It was all done within a day and they even cust our tree in peices so we could use the wood as firewood which we have been using since and still got loads left over.

We have got a bit of rmovement in the property but our builder is stitching things up and the roots were in the drains so we had to to use the root killer and then the stumps were grinded down and now it is fine

cyclonebri1

Ownerofawreck wrote: »

Have a similar problem with a silver birch. The guy I spoke to said to reduce the height and crown it, then next year bring it down so there isn't such a shock to the foundations/water table. He used more technical words though:) He is reliable and qualified so am doing as he said. Although he is probably thinking of his earnings too!
The local council here would slap a TPO on it in the blink of an eye but my neighbours are keen to see it go so fingers crossed.
Good luck with yours.

And that's the key, don't do anything sudden, pollard it, let it go again for a few years then pollard again.

It will get the idea eventually, by which time the water draw will have equalised over the area. Then it dies.


Did the OP mention the subsoil? is it clay, which would give the most concern.

TPO, not if it is causing damage

Furts

keystone wrote: »

1890s property! Its almost inevitable that they will be combined. Its only in the last 50 years that surface water drainage and foul drainage have been separated routinely.

Am really not sure why you are so determined that this tree should go?

Cheers

Because with the best clay known to man there is a need for a foundation depth, with appropriate solidity, to a depth of 1100mm.

If it is not the best, the depth increases to a maximum of 1600mm.

Neither of these conditions are likely to be present with this property.

But OP has asked for comments - yours are as valid as mine!

In addition, contrary to your comment, it is possible the extension (built around 20 years ago) does have surface water drainage.