Tall trees taking up my light

glasgowdan

Exactly. To belittle people who moan about trees that grow beyond reasonable size in a close domestic setting that should be controlled is a bit slow-witted.

paul2louise

The trees were saplings when we moved in. As they were in an area that doesnt belong to anyone then its not obvious what to do with trees. As we had been just trimming a few overhanging branches at first, it has only really become aparent this last year or 2 that the trees are getting a bit high. I contacted the council and property managers about 4 years ago as to who owned or could maintain the trees. I also put a note through the doors of the 2 gardens that back onto the zone and asked them their thoughts. I recieved no interest from any of the parties. So i trimmed the trees a bit more. Then last year i trimmed a bit more, then again i went to trim them a bit more. The trees nearest to our garden are under control but the trees that are a bit further back are just growing and now are too high to cut. They are going to keep growing unless they are dealt with sooner rather than later.

glasgowdan

paul2louise wrote: »

and now are too high to cut.

You only have to cut a tree at its base! 😉

paul2louise

glasgowdan wrote: »

You only have to cut a tree at its base! 😉

What happens when it falls

Davesnave

I don't think anyone's being belittled. However, naivety about trees is common, despite them being one of the more avoidable pitfalls of property purchase. Trees are fairly predictable, whereas getting a weirdo or oaf for a neighbour is just luck of the draw.

Trees are easy to research, yet when they're annoying, often they're still just 'trees,' which tends to indicate that research hasn't happened.

As above, I've walked away from properties with tree issues of one sort or another; so many in fact, I can't remember them all. Often, it's only gone as far as a drive-by, because that's how much impact they can have on a property.

I like trees. In fact I've planted several hundred in the past few years, but they're where I want them and I know what they all are. None, apart from one oak, which I'm reluctant to kill because of its wildlife value, sit between my house and the track of the sun.

Davesnave

glasgowdan wrote: »

You only have to cut a tree at its base! 😉

paul2louise wrote: »

What happens when it falls

Someone may regret their action!

I have a friend who does tree work. For taller trees, he climbs and thus takes them down from the top. That's the correct wayto do it.

glasgowdan

Davesnave wrote: »

Someone may regret their action!

I have a friend who does tree work. For taller trees, he climbs and thus takes them down from the top. That's the correct wayto do it.

We're not talking anything of that size here though. And it's very easy to make a tree fall the way you want it to, though the householder won't glean enough info from YouTube to factor in all variables that may be present. Lean, branch weight, damage/rot, compression/tension, cut angles, obstacles, fall zones, exit paths etc etc. Even a small tree can give you a surprise if it springs the wrong way and you receive a tap to the chin.

Taking a tree down from the top is down to the lack of a drop zone more than size. I'd take down a 100' chap in a forest with nothing to hang up on by cutting the base, but wouldn't with a 25' tree wedged between a fence and a greenhouse.

paul2louise

The untrimmed trees are getting close to 20ft. The gap between fences is only about 3ft so quite narrow. Its wide enough to get a small ladder between but not one with a wide base as the trees are quite close together.

NCC-1701

I took down a couple of 20-25 foot trees with one of these:-

Telescopic tree lopper.

glasgowdan

20ft is nothing. Trunks will be as thick as your leg maybe? It's easy to cut and handle the fall manually to ensure it doesn't go awry. Vigorously growing trees in a 3ft gap are definitely out of place and require cut down, in my humble opinion. I'd absolutely just do it.