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The problem you have is people blame trees for subsidence as they are visible and you see heave from the roots immediately round the base of the trunk. At the weekend I removed a spruce root ball and the root system is massive but when you bare in mind that the spruce was less than 2m away from a wall and there were no visible signs of damage it makes you think. My house is built on foundations that are at most 12 inches deep its a 1930's jobbie and we have 3 mature ash trees in the garden and there is very limited evidence of subsidence. The only tree we do have minor problems with is a holly bush which has cracked the front step but that could be to do with the frost we've had. The problem you will get with cutting trees down where subsidence is a problem is the soil may heave as the ground saturates and expands. Also as the roots rot you have a potential for ground movement thus causing further damage.

I've got a stratford Tf50 boiler stove and its very good. Run 8 radiators off it and the hot water. Only problem I'm having is the wood I'm burning isn't exactly dry so I'm not getting the required heat output well enough. When i do burn good seasoned stuff the fire will get very warm. Does about 2kw to the room and 8kw to the boiler. I've fitted the whole system myself and don't regret it. We used to have a combi boiler. I just need to sort myself some better seasoned timber for next winter and I'm laughing. Our gas bill for the last 1/4 was only 4 quid.

My local council shred virtually everything and sell to a company that make wood briquettes. Not having a stockpile of my own logs to delve into for myself is prooving problematic as the stuff I I'm "aquiring" at present is all pee wet through

The one in the middle is mine. a 1961 series 2 landrover. Its currently in bits in my back yard having had a new chassis and a repaired bulkhead. The weather just ain't good enough to finish repairing it.

Maybe I was a little vague with my answer. Osteopathy and Chiroprators look at the realignment of structures to treat problems. Chriopractors like to work more with a bang or a crack and manipulate joints aiming to realign the joint. Osteopaths do this also but have more emphasis on soft tissue and surrounding structures. At the end of the day the two professions are very similar although i wouldn't like to say that to one of them. My reason for thinking Osteopathy as being more modern even though its an older profession in terms of years is that they look at a wider picture with regards to soft tissue also rather than a quick crack and fix athough to some effect both professions so the same. If you didn't know I'm also a physio well actually its my main job at present till I get myself sorted. I wouldn't profess to be an expert but I think physio, chiropracty and osteopathy all have there place. There are good physios and bad physios same as there are good arborists and bad ones. At present I wouldn't see a chiropractor or osteopath but then I don't need to as I have some very good physios on tap but then also some incompotant ones. Enough waffle from me. I summary My oppinion is if it works for you use it. I tell my patients that physio doesn't work for everyone and when they ask about chiropractors etc I may pull a face but tell them if you think it will work then there is no harm in giving it a try. If physio didn't sort me out I wouldn't hesitate to give another profession a try. Waffle completed

chiroprators and osteopaths are the same. Osteopath is the more modern interpretation thats all

Spikes would be nice. I love my ladder

I know using ladders ain't always the best but in this situation it was easier to ladder up to where the lower braches started particularly for the phone line. Even on the ladder though I was roped though so kind of defeats the object of the ladder. I found that the tree was lacking in suitable anchor points for my cambium saver.

What I did at the weekend. It is left with a stump at present the friend I did it for wishes for the roots to be removed time to dig out the winch when it comes to that part. Only got a couple of photos as the batteries died

Heres mine butter wouldn't melt ....... honest

Had a fair bit of experience with wasp nests as used to get them in the loft alot when I were a lad. The way we used to do it, and this was in the height of summer when they were nice and agressive, was saturate the nest with an insecasidale spray just your cheapo supermarket varieties. After that it was a case of thick gloves and something to break it up with an axe a hammer owt like that would do the trick but be ready to descend quickly if many wasps appear. I ain't seen any for a good month or so though

I've read and re-read the site environment agency rubbish and from what I can gather you don't need one but I'd like to try and explain that to some jumped up council official who doesn't understand their own guidelines. If you were going to tip your waste, which seems a bit pointless as most of it can be recycled and the obscene amount you get charged for tipping, then you'd probably need a lisence not from the legal point of view but from the tip requiring you to have one before you can tip. In answer to the original question though I don't have one but then I'm not exactly doing much in the way of tree work other than as favours (paid) for friends till I'm all legit.

I'd not thought of it in that way. When I get myself sorted with the legal aspect that would a good option I suppose I'd have to pimp myself to companies at that point. Whats good is my wife seems well behind me on it all so all should be good. Ideally I want to be up and running even just doing weekend work as soon as.

I'd really like to work for or with someone to start with to gain more experience I don't really want to get into the situation where I'm going to jobs and turning them down because I don't feel confident to do them its always good to have other peoples experience. But my ultimate aim is to be my own boss. My only problem round here is it is difficult to tell the reputable from the cowboys

Any climbing I've done for practice I've taken more from the caving line of SRT and mechanical ascenders and descenders I find them easier to use than using prussiks etc.

I am indeed a bit fed up with physio for some reason I thought it would be a good thing at the time but its all paper work and not much else. My parents were very surprised when I said I was going to be a physio they always thought I would work outside guess who was right . My biggest problem will be the old cashflow to get myself up and running with the rest of my certificates and equipment but I'll work me way through eventually I hope.

Thought I best introduce myself. I'm actually a physio at present working towards my nptc certificates in chainsaw use with the ultimate aim of becoming a fully fledged tree surgeon once I've gained some more experience which to be honest I see as more crutial than the licenses as anyone can do them but it doesn't make you a good arborist straight away. Most of the stuff I've done so far have been for favours for friends and I love every minute even the tidying up at the end of a day. My ulimate aim is to become a self employed tree surgeon (I know its hard work and stressful) as there is a distinct lack of decent ones about round my part lots of travelling tree butchers about. I'll try and post some of the pictures of stuff I've done so far and update my profile. Yours hoping to one day to become a good tree surgeon detritus21