Clearance/tidy up quote

[Suffolk-Matt]

Leon, give us a call if you need any extra help on the job mate.

[Little Butch]

Will do mate! On a side note... Do you work Saturdays Matt? Got a mate who's starting the 10 weeker in September and is looking to get some experience working (for free) but can only do saturdays... Just thought it was worth an ask...

[skyhuck]

Have you considered legality of burning? Are you burning FOR the customer or piling up ready for THEM to burn?

Are you paying the income tax for your helper or bunging him cash? You may get caught for his tax later unless you have his UTR.

 

Are you "employing" him? Do you have employees liability insurance?

 

Hope that doesn't sound negative but they're all potential pitfalls if not properly considered.

 

I doubt the customer will mind, they probably just want cheap, I doubt your mate will mind, he's getting cash. It'll be you taking all the responsibility.

 

:confused1:What difference does it make?????????

[Suffolk-Matt]

Will do mate! On a side note... Do you work Saturdays Matt? Got a mate who's starting the 10 weeker in September and is looking to get some experience working (for free) but can only do saturdays... Just thought it was worth an ask...

 

Yes more often than i like, send him my number/email address.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

:confused1:What difference does it make?????????

 

If I understand correctly, and that's by no means certain with the state of UK bureaucracy, a D7 exemption would be required if the person doing the work lights the fire, not necessarily so if the homeowner does.

 

Again, if I understand it correctly, D7 would only apply to untreated plant arisings so if the clearance were to include, for example a shed or fence panels, then D7 wouldn't apply.

 

I'm not saying I always (wholly) follow the rules, or even fully agree with them, just that it's a factor to be taken into account just in case a nosey neighbour calls the EA or local council.

 

https://www.gov.uk/waste-exemption-d7-burning-waste-in-the-open

[chris hennelly]

.....i'm a bit hazy on the D7 exemption etc, i try to log as much as poss,chip as much as poss.....but still have loads to burn,usually easier and more controllable to bring home and burn as i have 3 acres and no neighbours,i have a waste carriers licence,but am i breaking the law by burning occaisonally at home(usually drinking a beer and having a BIG bbq..)or is there an easy remedy(burning licence?)......and as a tangential query,we have peacocks which eat most flowers apart from english marigolds and nepeta....any other flowers ?......cheers,c.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

.....i'm a bit hazy on the D7 exemption etc, i try to log as much as poss,chip as much as poss.....but still have loads to burn,usually easier and more controllable to bring home and burn as i have 3 acres and no neighbours,i have a waste carriers licence,but am i breaking the law by burning occaisonally at home(usually drinking a beer and having a BIG bbq..)or is there an easy remedy(burning licence?)......and as a tangential query,we have peacocks which eat most flowers apart from english marigolds and nepeta....any other flowers ?......cheers,c.

 

 

Chris, I think the problem, and potential for contravention, arises from "importing" the material to a site (yard) and then disposing by burning.

 

http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Tree-surgeon-fined-burning-waste/story-11461829-detail/story.html

 

http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/News/Uttlesford/20000-court-bill-after-Elsenham-tree-surgeon-admits-burning-waste-20140114172059.html

 

Or, burning at the location of the work without having applied for a D7 exemption.

 

That's just what I've seen on the tinterweb, I've no doubt many are either unaware or deliberately ignore but the possibility appears to be there to get caught out.

 

Bloody shame really, beer, BBQ, bonfire (on a small scale) is a match made in 'man-heaven' but as ever, it'll be the determined, arrogant (or ignorant) few hell bent on profit that have caused the "rules" to be formed and enforced.

[Big T]

Chris, I think the problem, and potential for contravention, arises from "importing" the material to a site (yard) and then disposing by burning.

 

Tree surgeon is fined for burning waste | West Briton

 

http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/News/Uttlesford/20000-court-bill-after-Elsenham-tree-surgeon-admits-burning-waste-20140114172059.html

 

Or, burning at the location of the work without having applied for a D7 exemption.

 

That's just what I've seen on the tinterweb, I've no doubt many are either unaware or deliberately ignore but the possibility appears to be there to get caught out.

 

Bloody shame really, beer, BBQ, bonfire (on a small scale) is a match made in 'man-heaven' but as ever, it'll be the determined, arrogant (or ignorant) few hell bent on profit that have caused the "rules" to be formed and enforced.

 

 

Wow, the west Briton on a national website! Lol!