A sunday morning puzzler

[Gary Prentice]

You say "a curious phone call" Gary, and it does seem curious from what's been described so far. If I put myself in the householders' position, I would probably have called a builder / civil engineer given the circumstances you describe. Did they say what caused them to call a tree guy? Do they maybe know more than they are letting on or have they preformed a conclusion that it's a root problem? It does seem curious.

 

'Curious' in that she's a boil erupting in the middle of the kitchen floor:biggrin:

 

I think there is a fear that a new owner may not be amenable to removing the tree if further problems arise, without going down the expensive, time-consuming legal route.

 

They may be jumping to conclusions that it's a root but it's difficult to guess another cause.