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Old 09-11-2007, 07:39 PM
john.greig2@ntl john.greig2@ntl is offline
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Default Tree root in the way

I want to put up a fence in the back garden. As I started digging to make a hole for the first post, I hit a tree root, about 8-9cm dia. It's not that far down, and the post needs to go in that location. Should I cut out that part of the root, and if so will, I have to treat it to stop it growning back, through the post and founds