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  1. kevinjohnsonmbe
    👍 the way I see it, they might be the guys you need to call on to ask for or offer help to one day.
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    It's a 12hr round trip for me (according to AA route planner.) Traveling up on the Tuesday so as to have a few beers & a steak dinner the night before!
  3. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Tricky when you're representing someone else (or indeed yourself - you never know who's watching / listening / recording) A difficult situation under those circumstances, perhaps just laugh, say you're tendering to the council and suggest he sends in a CV to see if he can challenge for the tender. At the very least I'd want to laugh in his face.
  4. kevinjohnsonmbe
    😄👍😄 nice one!
  5. kevinjohnsonmbe
    That's just a tease! More pics as it mills??
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    No police action unless there's DNA.... Well, perhaps therein lies the answer.... Whoops, he must have slipped and fell on an axe officer???
  7. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Everyone was waiting to see what Jules had to say! Sounds like a classic "people management" rather than tree / hedge management situation. From a distance it seems ludicrous that the neighbour has gone straight to the letter / threats of ASBO approach especially since they are not empowered to issue an ASBO and the route to get there (if at all) would likely be more expensive than offering part or all of the cost of remedial trimming. To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war
  8. kevinjohnsonmbe
    👍 Plastic!
  9. kevinjohnsonmbe
    No nice one Patrick! 👍👍👍
  10. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Great YouTube vid! 👍👍
  11. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Immensely talented in a great many ways Paul, the screen fame alone is magnificent, no wonder there are generally "hidden" foundations upon which that great career was built.
  12. kevinjohnsonmbe
    From the SAS To The Gurkhas: The Story Of Sir Christopher Lee | Forces TV
  13. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Not in such detail, but the warning flags were being hoisted here: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=83789
  14. kevinjohnsonmbe
    The mechanism to prosecute JL under the circumstances you describe above already exists. But as you also say, the likelihood is very slim! That just demonstrates an unwillingness / inability to enforce rather than an absence of legal recourse.
  15. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Agreed, you can be prosecuted for exposing yourself to unnecessary risk, plenty of examples of prosecutions.
  16. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Just found the thread and read through from start to finish. Shameful behaviour from shameless dog owners. I'm not normally one for what might be thought of as liberal tolerance of anti-social behaviour, quite the opposite really, I'd support birching the offenders, but in this case, and given the previously mentioned million £ price tag for damage, perhaps installing a purpose built "pulling stick" of steel upright and rope or wire dangly bits might be more effective / attractive than a random tree? Certainly be cheaper than the notional 'cost / value' of the damage? I know it could be seen as encouraging a behaviour that we'd probably all rather see eradicated but just throwing it in as a possibility - even though I couldn't imagine it being approved - can't see the bamboo lasting long! I have a dog with a rather unnatural desire to climb, but generally she's just happy to be up there and does't bite the tree.
  17. kevinjohnsonmbe
    I'd put Woodwarm at the top of my wish list Jon. If you look at the "calculator" tab on this page: Woodwarm Stoves | Product Range | Wildwood Range | 16kw Wood burner input the room dimensions and it tells you what size stove is recommended!
  18. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Er, bit confused? Are you a LA employee? Your post reads like an email you might send to a line manager for clarification? Is there a question in there somewhere and I'm being dumb or are you just sharing for sharing sake? 👍
  19. kevinjohnsonmbe
    👍👍👍 Difficult to justify any kind of 'business case', make a return on your investment or establish income generation. Unless it's hobby / DIY (which is great - and addictive) Personally, I'd say there's not much chance of earning a crust from it!
  20. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Not contributing but a keen observer from the touch lines, gaining info from the thoughts & experience of others whilst trying to decide which path to take. Enjoying the thread!
  21. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Fair one Chris! Understood
  22. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Sounds like a potential litigation nightmare waiting to happen? So if the tree contractor is directed to carry out a work spec provided by the insurance company, presumably after they have commissioned appropriate expert surveys, what, if any, liability might the tree work contractor bear if, at a later date, it is proven that the tree work conducted has exacerbated the subsidence?
  23. kevinjohnsonmbe
    You say, in so few words, what would take anyone else so many!
  24. kevinjohnsonmbe
    There's an opportunity there for the taking.... If the homeowner is content, ask if you could have a contact number for the insurance assessor, give him/her a ring, get your clarification and talk about industry recognised job description terms / spec's, might give you a good contact with insurance company!
  25. kevinjohnsonmbe
    Probably just had 100+ hits on the website that would never have happened otherwise.....

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