On Aug 30, 2:42�pm, "Zootal" wrote:
I have a tall (~60 feet) fir tree next to my house. It has grown to the
point where the branches are starting to touch the side of the house, even
though the base of the tree is ~10 feet from the house. What is the best
way
to trim the branches - remove them at the trunk, or just cut them enough
so
they are no longer near the house? If I start removing branches that grow
enough to touch the house, eventually I will have chopped off most of the
branches on that side of the tree. I'm thinking I should just cut them
off
so they are not too close to the house.
Get rid of that tree, you're looking for trouble.

I live in Oregon. Tree central. The bleading heart activists would firebomb
my house if I cut it down :-(

On a more serious note - I live in a small town in the Wilamatte Valley,
Oregon (Lebanon, about �40 miles SSE of Salem, which is about 50 miles south
of Portland) where the city enacts draconian rules and regulations. They
won't let me remove it, and it's not worth the legal fight it would take to
get permission. Out of curiosity...what kind of trouble could this cause?

It could fall on your house, and possibly squash people inside like
bugs. And being so close to a house foundation it would have poorly
established roots on the house side. It could fall away from the
house but it can just as likely fall towards the house, depends a lot
on windage, it's too much of a crap shoot. And when your home
insurance adjuster comes to inspect they won't pay for any of the
damage because you did nothing to mitigate an obviously dangerous
condition. I somehow don't believe your municipality won't allow a
clear and present danger to be rectified... if they won't let you cut
it down as you claim why would I believe they will let you cut its
limbs.