Ivy on a house

[Mesterh]

Ive done a few removals and UP TO NOW everyone has gone better than planned.

 

Deffo get a nice wallpaper stripper.

 

I wouldnt agree with the above on killing it then removing it tbh only because I have tried to remove old dead ivy and it was a lot more difficult.

 

You could just price in a MEWP then if they are getting a few quotes you will prob be the highest and not get the job.

[roseyweb]

Ivy looks horrible buts easy to get of walls,

Its like picking a scab, really satisfying when you get a big bit off.

Just cut the bottom and get a spade under it. Easy peasy.

Should't be a tree snob and scoff at a bit of ivy

[Dean Lofthouse]

A small builders trowel or Guaging trowel is perfect for the job and has another use in clearing soil away from around the base of stumps so double value

[armchairarborist]

get a slate lapper and sharpen the nail cutting bit, would make an ace tool for this..

[Mark J]

Best thing for steadying and levelling ladders on a slight slope is a hessian sandbag and stand the ladders directly ontop of it

 

Cheers, I don't know why I've never thought of that.

[geoff]

If the building is of soft reds(bricks), or rendered with a stone fleck,or old wattle & daub,be very careful how you price it,and depending on the structure You may not achieve a perfect removal without surface damage or the inability to remove the holding signs of the ivy.

I love these jobs,especialy if the roof is in old slates & the ivy has got under them...Split slate,clatter clatter etc!

[RobRainford]

I don't think they will be after a perfect like it was never there removal as it just isn't possible! I was thinking hedgecutters to take a good chunk off so I could see what I was pulling at? Then just snip at the required level and remove it all. Trouble is I've got weds/thurs/sat in the week to do it. Feel awkward if I have to miss out days.

 

I think I'll choose a mewp. Can move it around easier!

[John Barleycorn]

Removed Virginia Creeper from part of my previous house many years ago. Roots had penetrated a damp wall and burst plaster over an area three foot wide.

I would hire or borrow a scafolding tower, you may end up leaning out too far with ladders.

[MattyF]

I like to start half way working up for the top and down for the stems , Dont like to cut and leave house ivy with the intention of coming back to unlike it wont just fall off becomes brittle and is as dusty as hell when dead.

[ukminch]

Ladders all the way on that one mate, just have someone footing them at the bottom so when your bouncing about pulling it they don't move......

 

Also I never chip ivy as it's got loads of debris in it, big bonfire or green waste recycling in halewood for me.

 

Did a removal once with big thick stems at the bottom, severed it tied to towbar pulled it off, along with the guttering......... Still worked out the most cost/time effective way to do it!