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

On 8/10/06 00:24, in article
, "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?

I think you need to ask them but if it's your tree threatening their cables,
something tells me the responsibility will be yours. I know it is with us.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 02:54:36 +0100, Anne Jackson
wrote:

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On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 02:27:12 +0100, Anne Jackson
wrote:

Rather, I suggested that they remove their pole from my garden!
They declined to do so. ;-)

Do they pay you a yearly rent?

No, they don't. 8-(

So, you should get onto them about that!

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.

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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.

rob

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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?

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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

On 8/10/06 02:54, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote:

The message from Kev contains these words:

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 02:27:12 +0100, Anne Jackson
wrote:

Rather, I suggested that they remove their pole from my garden!
They declined to do so. ;-)

Do they pay you a yearly rent?

No, they don't. 8-(

Don't get excited about! We have a transformer on our land and I think
we're paid about £3 per annum rent. Last week in a violent thunderstorm, it
went up in a very pretty shower of sparks!

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

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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!

Hi,

I indeed work for an electricity company - customer services - dealing daily
with all the wonderful customers who purchase gas and electricity from our
good selves.
In our area there is a policy that if a cable is running through trees etc
then we make it our responsibility to cut the trees back or what ever needs
doing at no cost to the person whose property the tree is situated. This
type of enquiry is put through to our engineering department who will
arrange for the local depot to do the job. The worst case scenario is when
the tree is causing a problem with the cable and is interupting the supply -
in that case the call is routed through to the emergency centre and they
will have someone out that day usually within 4 hours to deal with the tree
problem and prevent further interuptions of supply.
If you were to let me know your post code I would be able to look up your
distribution area and be able to provide you with the relevant telephone
number of the engineering department.
However I don't know what the policy would be in each of the distribution
areas I'm just giving the responce we would initiate if you were in the
southern area of England which is area 20 but i imagine that other areas
have a similair policy.

Hope this helps.

Alan

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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

6 wrote:

Fair comment, but what if the tree was planted after the cable was run?

That is usually what happens.

George.com wrote:

You would think that power companies would have more sense than to run wires
above tall trees.

You would think gardeners would have more sense than to plant shrubs,
ivy, hedges next to poles, making them unclimbable/inaccessable and
creating further problems for engineers.

Alan McKenzie wrote:
Hi,

In our area there is a policy that if a cable is running through trees etc
then we make it our responsibility to cut the trees back or what ever needs
doing at no cost to the person whose property the tree is situated. This
type of enquiry is put through to our engineering department who will
arrange for the local depot to do the job.
If you were to let me know your post code I would be able to look up your
distribution area and be able to provide you with the relevant telephone
number of the engineering department.

Alan

Many thanks for your help - I did read somewhere that the electricity
companies spend thousands each year cutting trees back.

We live in East Anglia, postcode IP28 6xx, if you could let me know a
phone number that would be really appreciated.

regards

Trevor

Slightly tangential, but in the good old days of the CEGB they had one or
more experts in herbicides which are used in quite widely substations and
other place as well as to suppress shrub and tree growth under transmission
lines. In the '80s, the CEGB was doing research on "expert systems",
computer programmes to capture "expert knowledge", and of a number of
applications investigated, this problem was the only one which worked really
well. I forget the details, but apparently there was quite a lot of skill in
selecting the optimum herbicide depending on the type of soil, type of weed,
time of the year, weather conditions etc.

Trevor - no problem will post the number monday evening as not at work until
monday!
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Alan McKenzie wrote:
Hi,

In our area there is a policy that if a cable is running through trees
etc
then we make it our responsibility to cut the trees back or what ever
needs
doing at no cost to the person whose property the tree is situated. This
type of enquiry is put through to our engineering department who will
arrange for the local depot to do the job.
If you were to let me know your post code I would be able to look up your
distribution area and be able to provide you with the relevant telephone
number of the engineering department.

Alan

Many thanks for your help - I did read somewhere that the electricity
companies spend thousands each year cutting trees back.

We live in East Anglia, postcode IP28 6xx, if you could let me know a
phone number that would be really appreciated.

regards

Trevor