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On Oct 8, 1:24 am, "paddytt"
wrote:
We have a tree that is very close to a set of four electricity
cables.
Will the electricity network cut the tree back or do we have to pay
to
get it done professionally?

thanks

TT
Every time I had a problem with electricity cables and telephone cables
going through some very high leylandii (which I wasn't allowed to
remove) the relevant companies cut them back for me at no cost, but
then again the cables were running right through the trees.
You would think that power companies would have more sense than to run
wires
above tall trees.
Fair comment, but what if the tree was planted after the cable was run?

or when the trees were shrubs. It was a tongue in cheek comment. How the
heck were the power companies to know the trees would grow?

rob


Where I live there is a problem with overhead cables, the electricity is
frequently going off. The power company frequently overfly the area by
helicopter to see where there is problems with trees, or, I suppose,
potential problems. Periodically they have a tree cull, in fact 2 years
ago they cut all the trees down in the bottom of my garden, when they
came to ask permission I asked what would happen if I refused. The
reply was that they would go the legal route and the trees would come
down anyway! Another point, I have a tree close to the power cable that
crosses my land to feed my neighbours house and mine. When I had an
adjacent tree down (it had died)one of the tree specialists, that I had
a quote from, also wanted to prune the tree next to the cables. In
order to do this it would have been necessary to have the power
disconnected for health and safety reasons, at my cost of course!