Sycamore Trees - ARGH

jarshay

Well, I have an update for you all.

I had a tree surgeon come by last week and he said it would be £500 to fell the trees, but I will still have to deal with the sap!

He then said for £800 we could get rid of the trees and poison the roots - this will be done in June! I!!!8217;ll take some pictures tomorrow so you can see the size of them.

The trees have been here for over 30 years and the house is called The Sycamores, so I feel really bad, but I find myself standing outside for at least 15 minutes a day looking at the trees muttering.

I honestly never realised how problematic these trees are as this is our first house, but st least they are going.

Davesnave

jarshay wrote: »

I find myself standing outside for at least 15 minutes a day looking at the trees muttering.

I think they have every right to mutter, considering you are shortly to end their lives!


However it's up to you, whether you want to pay extra to have the stumps killed too. Some people do that by putting a large bit in a power drill, making some deep holes, filling these with glyphosate weed killer and covering the whole with plastic or a tarpaulin for a while to prevent rain wash-out.

Or there's special plugs for the job, costing much more:

https://www.pitchcare.com/shop/professional-weed-killers-all-alphabetical/ecoplug-max-tree-stump-killer-100-plug-pack.html

Or you can pay the tree person an extra £300.

jarshay

Davesnave wrote: »

I think they have every right to mutter, considering you are shortly to end their lives!


However it's up to you, whether you want to pay extra to have the stumps killed too. Some people do that by putting a large bit in a power drill, making some deep holes, filling these with glyphosate weed killer and covering the whole with plastic or a tarpaulin for a while to prevent rain wash-out.

Or there's special plugs for the job, costing much more:

https://www.pitchcare.com/shop/professional-weed-killers-all-alphabetical/ecoplug-max-tree-stump-killer-100-plug-pack.html

Or you can pay the tree person an extra £300.

The £800 is to cut the trees down and poison the roots as well as give us all the wood for the fireplace - I don’t think I’ll be good with my hands managing that amount of wood.

Debbie_Savard

I'd pay to have the stumps ground rather than poisoned, then you can replant at once without waiting years for the stumps to decay, reminding you what was there!

Norman_Castle

jarshay wrote: »

The trees have been here for over 30 years and the house is called The Sycamores, so I feel really bad, but I find myself standing outside for at least 15 minutes a day looking at the trees muttering.

Replace them with smaller, less problematic trees.

Officer_Dibble

Much easier to change a house name than to live with sycamores. They should be banned...especially the ones my neighbour has on his boundary.

WeAreGhosts

What kind of tree surgeon fells trees in June? :mad:

silverwhistle

I rented my house out for 7 years whilst I lived abroad and the tenant allowed various things to grow too big, including a self-seeded sycamore. Somebody took it down for me: it wasn't too big, but had enough wood in it for someone to cart off for their log pile. I periodically go round with the secateurs cutting off shoots, but it's not a major task.


If there are no nesting birds there's no issue with trees coming down in June.

Farway

WeAreGhosts wrote: »

What kind of tree surgeon fells trees in June? :mad:

Ones who are paid £800?:D

silverwhistle

Yeah! Fortunately mine was small enough for a more or less single cut controlled fell, not a climbing harness job.