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root barriers -- protecting property from neighbor's trees
On 19 Jul 2004 08:37:55 -0700, (Frank)
wrote: Sir, you are correct -- that property is more at risk, and that is what I mentioned in a letter to the actual property owner (it is a rental property). Sorry Frank, I was being a little "sporting" on with my post. The probability of a mid-sized ornamental tree developing a root system that does physical damage to your slab and your utilities is exceedingly low. Ornamental trees seldom survive for more than several dozen years and their root systems do not have time to do subsurface damage. If the neighbor had planted, for instance, a Eucalyptus tree or some other large tree species, then you might have concerns over limbs falling on your house - and that would be a real worry. I have only seen full-sized Eucalyptus trees in California and they are too big and potentially destructive for me - at least one of the species I have seen is. So, my advice would be to ignore it and enjoy the tree. After all, you will be supplying some of the water the tree is using and you might just defer to the possibility it will be a "neighborly" asset. Rusty Mase Paisano Industries LLP http://www.paisano.com |
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