neighbours tree

[jaybo1973]

Looking more into it. It seems that I am entitled to remove the roots to? Not that I would go to that extent. This would surely kill the tree?

[Rupe]

Get a proper arborist to climb it with ropes and get on with it, maybe use a ladder to get off the ground but that can be lent against branches and not the main trunk. Cut the branches off to the main truck if you can, but in theory you need permission for that.

 

No point fannying about with scaffold towers, that looks like a two hour job tops. (n 99% of cases if the work is done properly and the tree owner isnt paying or having to clear up then they wint fuss too much. Hacking branches off and leaving stumps is going to leave an eyesore that remonds them everyday whats been done so try and avoid that if you can.

 

Get a proffessional!!

[Mark Bolam]

Tower scaffolding? Where did you find this arborist?

 

Beat me to it Gus.

Max working height outside 6m.

 

I think you're headed for a butchered tree and neighbours that hate you.

 

 

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[Rupe]

Forget about roots for now!

[Gus McWilliam]

Beat me to it Gus.

Max working height outside 6m.

 

I think you're headed for a butchered tree and neighbours that hate you.

 

 

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Im sure someone from arbtalk is willing to come and have a look at the tree and if needs be do a proper job

[Rupe]

Oh, and proper tree work would mean not following the boundary line all the way to the top of the tree, so you shouldnt really go all the way up. In the photo there is a gap in the crown at about 2-3oclock, I would remove the branches below this gap but not above, and just bear with the stuff higher up that is over your garden. The amount of mess you would get from that bit of overhang will be negligable and you'll get jsut as much blowing over from next door anyway so dont scalp it all the way up just because you can, leaving that top bit will leave it looking better, albeit a bit onesided but if your neighbour ever decided to work on there side to balance it a bit then they can and the top is still intact.

[Mark Bolam]

By the way Jaybo, I do sympathise.

Boundary trees cause everyone aggro.

 

 

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[Rupe]

Here is what I mean.

 

The red line is where I am guessing the boundary is(soory I cant do straight lines!). The blue line is the pruning line, and notice I have crossed the boundary at the bottom to avoid leaving stubs, but I've left enough up top to leave a decent tree. If done right your neighbours would forget about it in a week, as said before if not they will hate you forever.

 

If I was your arborist I would explain this proper method to your neighbours and they would agree, and probably make a cuppa while im doing the work and ask me to quote for their side too and to marry their daughter, but I have a way with people!

 

Seriously though, polite proffessional discussion will get the right results nearly everytime, thats why the proeffesionals really are worth getting.

 

Im still upset by the mention of tower scaffolding. I hope I dont know any arborists that own such a thing unless its maybe for hedge trimming in which case it might be allowed.

[Mark Bolam]

Couldn't have put it better myself Rupe.

 

Well, I could.

 

I would have used the correct spelling for 'professional'!

 

 

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[jaybo1973]

Get a proper arborist to climb it with ropes and get on with it, maybe use a ladder to get off the ground but that can be lent against branches and not the main trunk. Cut the branches off to the main truck if you can, but in theory you need permission for that.

 

No point fannying about with scaffold towers, that looks like a two hour job tops. (n 99% of cases if the work is done properly and the tree owner isnt paying or having to clear up then they wint fuss too much. Hacking branches off and leaving stumps is going to leave an eyesore that remonds them everyday whats been done so try and avoid that if you can.

 

Get a proffessional!!

 

Yeah, he said it would only take a couple of hours. I have no idea how it is done, so I guess ropes is the way they do it? We offered the neighbours the chance to have it cut equally. We also said if they had it down we would buy them a new tree. We have done everything we can to go the right way about it.