Large Sycamore possible damage?

[Tree monkey 1682]

29 minutes ago, AHPP said:

It’s a sycamore. It’ll fight back. 
They haven’t ground very deep.

They haven’t ground all the way round.
 

Yes. It’s not the best thing to happen to a tree but you see ones that size growing horizontally out of cliffs and they hang on.

Yes it might do, but unless you've been there to the site ,you can't comment on grinding depth ..but being opposite from a school ,damaging the rootplate isn't clever ..yes they grow out on anything .. buy it'd all about liabilities ...especially a school opposite and social housing !

[Mick Dempsey]

8 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Yes it might do, but unless you've been there to the site ,you can't comment on grinding depth ..but being opposite from a school ,damaging the rootplate isn't clever ..yes they grow out on anything .. buy it'd all about liabilities ...especially a school opposite and social housing !

I reckon a look at the photos means he very much can comment on the grinding depth. 

[AHPP]

Someone snarked at me the other week because I offered a fairly firm answer from photos. Of course I wouldn't stake my life offering such advice but nobody's asking us to. If they needed advice they could pin liability to, they'd go and pay for it. But the people asking here don't. They just want a bit of a steer.

 

If we said, "Can't say. Can't see enough. Liability. Consult a local tree surgeon." to every question, there wouldn't be any point in this section of forum existing. It's implied that advice offered here is the best we can give with what we can see. People asking for it aren't going to take it as gospel. Or at least they shouldn't. They don't know which ones of us are right/wrong, experienced/green, clever/thick.

 

The British Stainless Steel Association has a very straightforward caveat on their e-mail signature, that I like and I think applies here.

'Advice and assistance provided without charge are given in good faith but without responsibility.'

 

Edited Sunday at 18:59 by AHPP

[Tree monkey 1682]

58 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I reckon a look at the photos means he very much can comment on the grinding depth. 

Without sounding a knob, no one can unless they've  gone looked and seen how much the stump grinders churned up and gone in the soil ..yes you can make a guesstimate by how much chip in in the soil .

[AHPP]

Google map and streetview link (or at least screengrab) is always helpful btw. Keep location private if you want but the more info we have, the better advice we can give. Soil types, other trees down the street, even local knowledge etc. Someone here probably covers your area.

Edited Sunday at 15:50 by AHPP

[Tree monkey 1682]

17 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Someone snarked at me the other week because I offered a fairly firm answer from photos. Of course I wouldn't stake my life offering such advice but nobody's asking us to. If they needed advice they could pin liability to, they'd go and pay for it. But the people asking here don't. They just want a bit of steer.

 

If we said, "Can't say. Can't see enough. Liability. Consult a local tree surgeon." to every question, there wouldn't be any point in this section of forum existing. It's implied that advice offered here is the best we can give with what we can see. People asking for it aren't going to take it as gospel. Or at least they shouldn't. They don't know which ones of us are right/wrong, experienced/green, clever/thick.

 

The British Stainless Steel Association has a very straightforward caveat on their e-mail signature, that I like and I think applies here.

'Technical Advice: Advice and assistance provided without charge are given in good faith but without responsibility.'

 

That's the thing ,it's a forum,all of us have came across different situations ,different scenarios, different problems. And we all have different answers . At the end of the day the person wanting advice could take take it with a pinch of salt or alternatively pay for a consultants time ..then it would be settled ..what he does with a reports then down to the householder .

[Oldfeller]

it,s not been suggested yet but is there a possibility that sycamore being between two properties as it is could be problematic with any underground services,water supply and drainage,power, etc,   both entering and exiting the two properties.

just a thought.

[AHPP]

17 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

That's the thing ,it's a forum,all of us have came across different situations ,different scenarios, different problems. And we all have different answers . At the end of the day the person wanting advice could take take it with a pinch of salt or alternatively pay for a consultants time ..then it would be settled ..what he does with a reports then down to the householder .

 

No no no, you flip-flopper. Back a page you said it was goosed without equivocation. Then I was an idiot for not inspecting it in person. And now you appear to have come round to my way of thinking and are first in line for a group hug.

 

Dig in. I'm the moron here. This is the internet.

[Mick Dempsey]

21 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

That's the thing ,it's a forum,all of us have came across different situations ,different scenarios, different problems. And we all have different answers . 

Well, yes and no. 
There are two schools of thought in this case. 
1: It’s  certainly doomed

2: It could be ok. 

[tree-fancier123]

I agree with those who say the tree will most likely survive.

The question is in future years will there be more root trouble with the paths?

It is probably just self seeded from years ago. It can be retained and inspected, pruned periodically, or something smaller planted further in your garden e.g acer palmatum - bearing in mind establishing a new tree will need regular watering or one of those tree watering bags