On Oct 9, 1:10*pm, "Henry VIII"
wrote:
What's wrong with this picture?

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1.../Image009z.jpg

This is a 50 yr old eucalyptus in our back yard in a house we just bought,
brand new construction. *Soil is 18 inches higher than the neighbor's behind
the wall. *Shouldn't a root ball be visible above grade? *Could the roots be
in danger of rotting?

Also, isn't the block wall too close to the trunk? *I wonder whether the
wall footing is resting on the tree roots.

Any opinions?

It looks to me you may be in danger of losing part of your wall. There
could be roots that are under and through the base of the wall. Now it
looks like a pretty good sized tree, so if it went it could damage
your wall.