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Aye, tis a very good book. Anyone wants to look before buying search this forum for hamadryads book club

Try tapatalk, works with arbtalk. I don't think there is an arbtalk app...

Aha! Thank you:thumbup:

Just noticed the title of this thread should obviously read subsidence, damn predictive text!

Some good replies here, interesting to hear how others go about dealing with problems thanks to all for replying. So does anyone know if or when or how a more objective report can/will be compulsory?

I am not entirely sure whether its a subsidence report, as there is no damage, or an arb report for mortgage puzurposes? I have only spoken on the phone so far, and he said his buildings insurance won't cover subsidence until he has had a report on said hedge. He doesn't seem to know more, hence my wanting to speak to the insurers to see what they actually want. I have all necessary pi etc so no worry there. If they want something I feel is beyond my capability I will not do it, ie. if they want soil plasticity index tests, monitoring of shrink heave movement etc I shall look to get help or pass it on (to someone on here? Essex area). I am not too proud to ask for help when out of my depth! All comments/links thus far appreciated

Hi all, a client has been told by his buildings insurer he will not be covered for subsidence claims until he has a report regarding a 'coniferous hedge less than 20 feet from his property'. There is no subsidence present anywhere on the property at present. My question is this - what level of detail should be given? It is a clay soil, but is also on the edge of an oak woodland, so no shortage of other big, thirsty trees nearby! I don't want to get bogged down with unnecessary data and therefore price too high/lose the job, but do want it to be sufficient to satisfy the insurers. I think I will probably ask to get a clear spec of what the insurer wants directly, but wondered if anyone happens to know whether all insurers want particular details and not others. Thanks in advance for any comments which will be gratefully received.

Perhaps I'm overtired or having a blonde moment or not remembering the description from the vta handbook very well, but could someone please explain this... A tall close grown tree has a stem like long cylinder because incremental growth rings are thicker near the crown, where the food is made in the 'kitchen' (crown, foliage) meaning the base gets just 'scraps'. surely plenty of carbs are sent that way for root growth and buttress development? Which makes me question whether the tree is simply not laying down thicker annual rings toward the base because it is sheltered by its neighbours and has no need to. Similarly, a phototropic branch is at higher risk of failure, because the carbs needed to provide reinforcing growth near the stem are used near the tips. Surely dissolved sugar etc for growth are sent about the tree and used where needed, not just where produced? I'm sure this is a silly question with an obvious answer but its bugging me!

It's supposed to be objective, but can it really be so? The developer is paying you, if you want more work, you try to make things work in their favour. Suggesting removal of good trees which could be worked around simply; but they don't want that, they want ease, and a driveway! Work in an rpa? You spec arb supervision during works, but do you get someone else to supervise, or do it yourself? If you do it yourself, will you report to the lpa, or keep quiet when a couple of too big roots get damaged? What would they do, would they care, would you lose custom? I'm just thinking aloud (in text) and don't really know where I'm going with this, but do you think this standard provides the level of protection to trees which it should? Should an arb be appointed by the lpa, but paid for by the developer, to allow a more unbiased view?

We agreed that too, then I felt bad when she handed me card and cooked a lovely dinner

May I ask why that would be your first port of call?

More than likely Flammulina velutipes, especially with the icy weather at the moment. One of only a few species which can freeze, thaw, and then carry on; I do believe...

Hi mate, I appreciate times are hard, but would strongly advise against the pills. Especially diazepam or any other benzo. Counseling of some sort plus the support of friends will so much more! I can say from bitter personal experience how bad withdrawal and addiction to them can be. My wife has had many problems over the last ten years, culminating in a bad addiction to the benzos, which she is now off, and hasn't been on any happy pills for three years, and its the best she's been mentally since her teenage years. If you do some research on the diazepam before taking it you would be doing yourself a big favour. If you do take it please,please don't up the dose, and quit it ASAP. We found most doctors are hideously unaware of how addictive it is, ie, worse than heroin or nicotine. Also it will change who you are, especially when you quit it, and can cause panic attacks when you stop taking even small amounts. I don't want to scare mongor, but think docs only tell the pros when there are many cons. Be aware and be careful, you'll get through this with or without them... chin up eh

Sounds good, lucky kids...

I thought Ardleigh, Essex was largest village by area covered...

Can I be nosey and ask what its for? Looks intriguing...

Elm? Used by Romans for water pipes, so good when submerged...

Agreed. Quality isn't great, but they look like gills not pores. Host, form and winter all point to it...

Dryads saddle - Polyporous squamossus Cuticularis on exposed wood, not just veterans/ancients, particularly fond of beech. Colouration/lines are similar to merip, but I think the affected branch is from higher up, most likely ruling it out. Where are the fungoid trio?

I though perhaps dryads saddle, but also wondered about cuticularis, however, I don't recall what the rot from it looks like?

That's what I wondered I had to ask myself, why didn't the puple bacteria which dominated ALL of the surface water suppress the cyano bacteria which prevailed? Also why doesn't it produce oxygen, what does it use to harness the energy from light, and by what process with what waste products? How did the cyano bacteria evolve from the purple, and further to that, how did it leave the water and become the 'evolutionary mother' of every green thing we have now? Why did not even some of purple bacteria escape the water and evolve to give some purple plant species? Also, what the heck did the purple bacteria evolve from?! I'm not a creationist, or anything else for that matter, I feel I don't know enough about what happened so long ago to have an opinion, at least not one worth fighting about! Why some people will argue till they're blue in the face I don't get, I'm happy in the fact I will never really know how life started. However, that said, I find too difficult to believe it happened how science suggests, and think that creationist theory is just as plausible...

Any guesses as to which fungi caused the decay?

Thanks for the links, shall have a read through later

You're a lucky man involved with a job like that, (and the Basque, and others!) I'll bet you feel privileged. G*t. Ps, I'm not jealous, honestly.... Good job

http://www.nhbs.com/mushrooms_and_toadstools_of_britain_and_north_west_tefno_23882.html&tab_tag=album At 15 quid it may be be worth a look, personally, I prefer photos to illustrations, however accurate they may be...