Snowgoose

Many thanks for the replies one and all. I shall see if I can save it but its looking like they will get their way, or cease to insure me.

Has anyone successfully defended an insurance case against a Euc? Or know a guy that has? Mine is 14m from my house and the initial test pits have found only miniscule root hairs near the cracking, but my insurers are trying to pin it on suspect No 1. I've read a few of the past posts but most just say take the tree down. Somebody mentioned guidelines in The Body Language of Trees? Will these help my cause. The tree is about 25 years old and solid. I cannot bear to take it down. The soil is a clay type. I need the Clint Eastwood of defending poor Eucs! Many thanks in advance S