white poplar

[rookery]

hi all, a white poplar, 10ft away from a house, height of poplar 12 mtrs been pollarded about 10 years ago, ground not sure but beleive to be ballast could possibly be clay, down in one do you think, or over a couple or three years,ie concernred about the footings of the house. the house is not built on piles but on ordianry footings. new shoots starting to grow from the poplar roots out to about 25ft away????, over to you you lot

[ledders666]

have a root radar survey thingy done, im sure its pricey though buy then you can see exacrtlt where and how many roots

[Mesterh]

As far as I am aware the general consensus is to fell and remove then deal with any structural problems later when everything has settled.

 

Otherwise no one can say for certain if you prune x amount this year then x amount next year then x amount etc etc it will not cause any problems.

[josharb87]

imo wrong species to be close to the house, fell, poison stump, topically poison any shoots, 6mth later grind stump out

[Arbgirl]

Advise the house owner to get a building surveyor in to give his opinion before removing anything!

 

That way you make sure the client is aware of potential for heave and you cover your back (pass the buck)