Stupid mistake - no side or rear access

rach_k

People who are capable of dangling from ropes up a tall tree and chopping it down are more than capable of chopping the branches and trunk into small enough pieces to walk safely and cleanly through a house.  I'm not sure how a stranger walking through your home with a chainsaw or carrying logs is much different from any trade going in, out or through your house.  If it needs doing, it needs doing and you just put up with it for a few hours.  If you needed a plumber, would you previously have made them use the side access and go through an upstairs window?!  

Section62

Rosa_Damascena said:

I really don't want a stranger come through my home with an axe!

Don't worry about them having an axe.   It would be ropes and chainsaws. 

theoretica

Rosa_Damascena said:

Andy_L said:

Put it on freecycle & someone may want to come & cut it up for logs

This issue is logistics - ie getting the debris through the house / over the single storey section without causing damage and minimal disruption to me myself and my home. I really don't want a stranger come through my home with an axe!

It probably will be a disruption - but log logistics won't happen very often!

Rosa_Damascena

theoretica said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Andy_L said:

Put it on freecycle & someone may want to come & cut it up for logs

This issue is logistics - ie getting the debris through the house / over the single storey section without causing damage and minimal disruption to me myself and my home. I really don't want a stranger come through my home with an axe!

It probably will be a disruption - but log logistics won't happen very often!

You're starting to make me think, maybe I should have it cut down once and for all, or at least trimmed to a manageable size - it must be at least 100'. I would imagine needing to save up a couple of thousand quid first, though.

theoretica

Rosa_Damascena said:

theoretica said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Andy_L said:

Put it on freecycle & someone may want to come & cut it up for logs

This issue is logistics - ie getting the debris through the house / over the single storey section without causing damage and minimal disruption to me myself and my home. I really don't want a stranger come through my home with an axe!

It probably will be a disruption - but log logistics won't happen very often!

You're starting to make me think, maybe I should have it cut down once and for all, or at least trimmed to a manageable size - it must be at least 100'. I would imagine needing to save up a couple of thousand quid first, though.

I would be sorry - as I like trees! And leaving it to do its own thing may be less work than repeated trimming to keep it 'manageable'.  But you could get a good tree surgeon round to assess it, advise how much maintenance it might need in future and when - could easily be nothing for decades, could be more.

EssexExile

Bits of tree will easily go through the house. If the whole tree has to go then a crane can lift it over the house.

Most things can get through the house, my sister even had a stump grinder driven through her flat a few weeks ago.

Rosa_Damascena

theoretica said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

theoretica said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Andy_L said:

Put it on freecycle & someone may want to come & cut it up for logs

This issue is logistics - ie getting the debris through the house / over the single storey section without causing damage and minimal disruption to me myself and my home. I really don't want a stranger come through my home with an axe!

It probably will be a disruption - but log logistics won't happen very often!

You're starting to make me think, maybe I should have it cut down once and for all, or at least trimmed to a manageable size - it must be at least 100'. I would imagine needing to save up a couple of thousand quid first, though.

I would be sorry - as I like trees! And leaving it to do its own thing may be less work than repeated trimming to keep it 'manageable'.  But you could get a good tree surgeon round to assess it, advise how much maintenance it might need in future and when - could easily be nothing for decades, could be more.

I like trees too, as long as they don't cause any damage to my property. Although not close to the house, its size mean that if this cedar comes down it will destroy my home

I appreciate the advice to call a tree surgeon for a quote, though. Quotes might be lower whilst its still winter?

theoretica

I expect tree surgeons might be a bit busy now with trees that actually need attention after the winds.  But it is getting into nesting season when much work should not be done, so they might be less busy with more time to quote for an assessment, advice and management plan.

Section62

EssexExile said:

Bits of tree will easily go through the house. If the whole tree has to go then a crane can lift it over the house.

The cost of crane hire could easily be more than the additional cost of time to cut the tree into smaller pieces + (maybe) one extra labourer to help do the carrying.

And from a risk perspective I'd prefer to have people traipsing through my house carrying branches, rather than having a ton or so of tree on a crane hook swinging around over the roof.

Ant555

FreeBear said:

My immediate neighbour has has done a very similar thing. Garage built right to the edge of the boundary and now converted for other uses. Even before the conversion, access from the rear was through a single door, so limiting the size of stuff that could be dragged through.

A gate has been installed in the fence to allow occasional access from my side. Still restricted on the size of equipment that can be brought in..

Same here - my neighbour has a full width build and I have a (1m wide?) access don the side.

On the few occasions he has needed access, I have been asked well in advance.  We have take out a fence panel and I leave my gate unlocked on the day so any workmen can come through my gate, down the side of my house and then traverse into his garden.

I am very lucky that we get on - if he asks then I know that he will make sure gate is locked after and he will keep an eye on 'his' tradesmen.  If it was a regular thing then I might be less inclined to say im lucky, but it isnt.

One downside of his build is that his 4 x bins are infront of his living room window where as everyone elses can go down the side of their house.