Another hedge question - DIY removal or pay professional?

greyteam1959

Sounds a bit cheap to me.
Make sure you know exactly what you are getting for your money.

in_my_wellies

My neighbours had a shed fire which spread to their privet hedge. About 5 meters was burnt to the ground. Four year on and except for one root it's all growing back. So be sure to get all your roots out. 

scottishblondie

greyteam1959 said:

Sounds a bit cheap to me.
Make sure you know exactly what you are getting for your money.

Sounds about right to me for just cutting down and removing the debris, based on watching the work to remove our hedge.  Removing the roots is the labour intensive part.

ChasingtheWelshdream

Yep, this is to ground level. They'll assess the roots once it is down and see whether they can get their gear in or not and we’ll go from there.  

ChasingtheWelshdream

Just thought I’d update. The hedge is gone, shredded and done in less than two hours. I am a very happy bunny! It looks likes they can get their machinery in to dig post holes for us too, which will save us a huge amount of work.

So we’ve decided we may as well replace some other falling down fencing at the same time. In for a penny….

Bendy_House

Great result, CTWD.
Stump killer will take care of any hedge thinking of making a comeback.

Woolsery

Bendy_House said:

Great result, CTWD.
Stump killer will take care of any hedge thinking of making a comeback.

Yes, just paint freshly cut ends. If stems are 4-5cm thick, drill them and run the mix in. Privet suckers, but it doesn't take much to bump it off, if the ones I've recently done are typical.