Climbing inspection Risk report feeling smug!

[evergreen]

Just done my first real (ie paid!!) climbing inspection and full 10 page report, really stoked about it! now ive got my template sorted should be quicker in the future!

(sorry if I sound smug... im just chuffed, ive had my PTI for just over a year and havnt used it in anger till today!)

[David Humphries]

Well done, good for you.

 

 

 

 

Did you find anything of interest whilst up there?

 

Did you add any shots from your climb, into the report?

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Interesting, ten pages.

 

so what did you find?

[Bundle 2]

Interesting, ten pages.

 

so what did you find?

 

Must have been a shed load....and a reasonably high profile tree..!

Edited December 8, 2010 by Bundle 2

[evergreen]

Its a 29m high Ash tree, with a canopy spread of 22m maximum with a 20 degree lean. mechanical damage to structural roots. The whole tree is unbalanced and has shed some major branches. Its leaning towards a public footpath and the garden is used for educational purposes by the adjacent primary school. Ivy obscures most of the main stem and scaffold branches, hence the climbing inspection.

 

No fungal fruiting bodies present and little decay apparent apart from some major deadwood at 15m in one stem.

 

The major issue was the clients fears of stem failure and deadwood falling from the tree when used by the children from the school and she wanted to know what was best for the tree and everone concerned.

 

I must admit my report did include a few photos a site map and appendix, glossary which padded it out quite a bit!!! Sorry about that guys!

 

Cant wait now for my next one!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Sounds like an interesting job, the sort of work i want to do myself, tell me you say little decay but a large section of deadwood at 15 mtrs, was there any necroses vertical canker like strips on the tree at all?

 

obscured by ivy, so did you inspect inside all the ivy?

[evergreen]

No signs of anything lower down the tree, no sunken patches, depressions, no audible differences with my trusty hammer, no cavities. The stem that has degraded is a little too far gone, no bark and woodboring insect damage, I think its been hidden by the ivy for years.

But other horizontal branches and some that had recently failed exhibited little or no branch taper. I think their weight has added to their demise.

[Bundle 2]

Template is the way to go. The real test is in whether the woman who commissioned the inspection can understand a ten page stream of consciousness from an arborist, or even want to!

As long as she gets what you deem necessary action in your conclusion, and the associated costs re: various options (if incl) Id say that's alls needed?

The point about having the template ..it enables you to file the survey for future reference and such. No need for ten pages!

Ill take a punt on your not having done your PTI with Treelife !

 

Tim

Nice work, if you can get it btw....

[TonyMckenzie]

Good points from Bundle 2, remember your audience when writing reports. Keep it concise, loads of appended 3998 and 5837 info baffles and usually ends up in the bin.

 

Most LA tree officers will tear out the info they need and bin the rest.