Advice on copper beech please

[Dan Maynard]

3 hours ago, HannahD said:

He said it’s because a Beech Tree of the only tree when you cut it down the roots shrivel. 

 

In a word, bonkers. How does that make sense? All trees have roots made of wood, they all eventually decay.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

18 hours ago, HannahD said:

 if anybody comes round and says that it can be cut down in one go, tell them to get out of your garden they don’t know what they’re talking about.” 

This. clown knows all about ‘not knowing what they are talking about.’

 

Just get a professional to advise you properly. 

 

 

 

 

[dumper]

Ignore his quote, get couple of others staged reductions are very old news, you will need to allow for the drive to be dug out to remove the large roots 

[daltontrees]

Ye shte person who advised you knows just enough to make it sound like he knows what he's talking about but not enough to actually know.

 

It is now widely held, and for good reason, that staged reduction to avoid heave will not reduce the efffects of heave. If anything, doing it in one go and then immediately planting replacements (but in a more sustainable psition) will do more to reduce heave than a staged removal.

 

And then there's the bloody obvious. Are you even in an area of shrinkable clay AND are your foundations designed or built to below the modern NHBC standard. Unless the answer to both of these is YES, then heave is not an issue.

[Steve Bullman]

16 hours ago, daltontrees said:

knows just enough to make it sound like he knows what he's talking about but not enough to actually know.

Storing this one in the memory bank!

[Chipperclown]

I have just done stage 2 of 3  (stage 1 was a year ago) of a tree removal due to ground/building issues. This was via a professional survey, nothing to do with me I am just the tree guy!

[Ian C]

I have just done stage 2 of 3  (stage 1 was a year ago) of a tree removal due to ground/building issues. This was via a professional survey, nothing to do with me I am just the tree guy!

Probably done to BS 1945 standard!