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I have tried to give people as much information as I can and as I am not an aborist I have no idea how one would go about felling this particular tree. I am also not familiar with the correct terminology so I am doing my best. All I want is for the tree to be cut down so that it doesn't fall on/damage the neighbour's property. If a professional can do that so that the tree is just lying in one piece on our side of the boundary that's fine with us. We do not want it chopping up into more than one piece or any branches removing etc except if that is the only way to fell it. I was trying to be as precise as possible but please do let me know what other information you need to try and narrow the price range down a little.

First off sorry no photos. Second we're in Wrexham county. Third as I said we just want it felling. Everything from the felled tree will be dealt with and used by us. This may be obvious I don't know but we do need everything back on our land at the end. Thanks.

We have several oaks of various sizes in our back garden including 1 very close to a neighbours boundary which is causing problems so we need to have it felled. It is roughly 30 foot tall and the trunk leans towards the neighbours with several branches overhanging their property. Our property is elevated with our ground level being about 5 foot higher than theirs. The base of the trunk is quite substantial (about 2 foot) but at about 10 foot height it reduces to roughly 1 foot across as it has been chopped here before. These are rough estimates only. We would like to know what we might expect to have to pay to have it felled only, as we want to keep hold of the wood. If someone can give us a ball park figure it would be most appreciated, thanks.

What difference does it make if anyone is going near it? Branches dropping off or summat? I didn't think oaks were prone to that. We do go near it and will be going even nearer to it soon to sort out the rest of the hedge either side of it and the stuff thats growing round the base. What is the best time of year to sort out taking off the deadwood and thinning the crown please? Glad theres nothing major wrong with it.

Glad to hear the general consensus is lichen. The tree does seem to have been pruned and theres at least one dead? limb. Anyway I'm def not an expert so I've taken a pic of the whole tree. Hope it helps you identify if there is anything wrong.

I have quite a large oak tree in my back garden and it is covered in white patches. The older bark on the main trunk doesn't seem to have them but it is present on all the upper branches. I have attached a couple of photos so you can hopefully see what it's like. What I'd like to know please is whether or not it is a disease. If it is diseased is it serious and can I do anything about it. I have a few other smaller oak trees in the garden so I'd also like to know if it's contagious and if I need to do anything as drastic as chop down the tree (I hope not). Thanks.