Sickcopperbeech

....and yes, I totally agree, some fine advice! A knowledgable helpful group

Thank you David As far as I am aware, there has been no recent root assessment, I've checked though the deeds as you suggested The side with no grass is north facing The tree is assessed every 5 years 'which merely notes obvious physical signs of problems, and make a time recommendation for further analysis or tree surgery' This was last done in 2011 and the notes were as follows; "Incompatible graft with fluting at above 1m. Main fork with included bark at 4m. Low canopy density with significant dieback in upper crown" Suggested remedial action (not undertaken from what I can make out) "Install bracing system between two main stems. Remove dead wood" Our residents association has given us a number and suggested we have a PICA survey undertaken From everything I've read here I'm not sure the survey is a good use of cash if we then need to take it down What do you think? Would you go with the survey? (Next group one is due 2016 but now we've seen the fungus I've been told we need to act) Thank you! Liv

Thank you all so much I have now contacted our residents association and got the details of the people they use (they have them surveyed every 5 yrs, there are a lot of beautiful massive trees so they do a group 3rd party insurance on them) I'll call them tomorrow I'll post the outcome & more pictures Thanks again, this is a great forum! Olivia:001_smile:

Hi Sal, I don't think your question was to me, I don't understand it! In terms of the crown, it's quite sparse compared to the ones around it. We thought that it was because it has split quite near the bottom into two major trunks I'll try and get over to the house to take a picture....I don't have any that take in the whole tree!! Thank you again:thumbup:

Good Morning thank you again for your help The tree is directly on the roadside, in this picture, it's the furthest away of the two copper beeches you can see The tree is huge, circa 3 times the height of our house and the houses round it The whole area is defined by the copper beeches. We couldn't see the fungus on the two neighbouring trees (another neighbour has one, it's out of shot) Is there anything we can suggest to our neighbours to prevent further infestation? 2 have been taken down in the last year and 2 fell down (on houses) some years back The root stump of the removed copper beech in our back garden is covered with fungus, we thought it was because it was dead....it now seems from this forum that it's what killed it? Should we have that ground down? Will that help by removing spores (or disperse them?!) In terms of felling it, is it too big to have a team climb it? Does it need a crane?!? Thank you

Thank you very much for your help & guidance, really appreciate it

Thank you A quick search on Dr Google says it doesn't look good for my tree This is a picture of the other side of the tree with the breakouts. We thought they looked a bit different to the third (larger) one Thank you again

Hello I'm hoping somebody might be able to help me We bought a house at the start of the year and it has a huge copper beech at the front Before we purchased the house, we were told one had to be removed from the back and a neighbour also had one removed due to disease We are waiting for planning permission so not currently living in the house We went to see the house today and notices there are three seperate breakouts of fungus at the base of the tree Can anyone identify the fungus? And is it terminal for the tree? The tree has a TPO. Do we have to go through planning to have it removed? We are on an estate and a couple have fallen down....I'm worried with winter approaching Many thanks Ps I've attached a picture, you can just seen another of the breakouts to the left hand side