Possibly a bit OT, but it does relate to my garden.

It is with great regret that I have to get rid of a large oak tree in my
garden. The tree itself it quite healthy, but it is so close to a
neighbour's building that the roots are lifting and damaging the building's
wall, to the extent they can no longer get insurance. My question is what to
do with all the wood. The branches I'll get logged up and burn over the next
few years. But the main trunk is about 3-4 feet across and 12-15 feet up to
the first branches. Could someone (an artist or furniture maker) do
something with such a big chunk of solid oak? How would I locate someone who
might relish such an opportunity? Should I sell it on eBay (buyer collects
and pays for the crane which would be needed to lift it over my house)?

Any ideas before it gets chopped up into little bits?

"Graculus" wrote in message
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Possibly a bit OT, but it does relate to my garden.

It is with great regret that I have to get rid of a large oak tree in my
garden. The tree itself it quite healthy, but it is so close to a
neighbour's building that the roots are lifting and damaging the
building's
wall, to the extent they can no longer get insurance. My question is what
to
do with all the wood. The branches I'll get logged up and burn over the
next
few years. But the main trunk is about 3-4 feet across and 12-15 feet up
to
the first branches. Could someone (an artist or furniture maker) do
something with such a big chunk of solid oak? How would I locate someone
who
might relish such an opportunity? Should I sell it on eBay (buyer collects
and pays for the crane which would be needed to lift it over my house)?

Any ideas before it gets chopped up into little bits?

What a shame. Where are you?

Mary

Graculus wrote:
Possibly a bit OT, but it does relate to my garden.

It is with great regret that I have to get rid of a large oak tree in
my garden. The tree itself it quite healthy, but it is so close to a
neighbour's building that the roots are lifting and damaging the
building's wall, to the extent they can no longer get insurance. My
question is what to do with all the wood. The branches I'll get
logged up and burn over the next few years. But the main trunk is
about 3-4 feet across and 12-15 feet up to the first branches. Could
someone (an artist or furniture maker) do something with such a big
chunk of solid oak? How would I locate someone who might relish such
an opportunity? Should I sell it on eBay (buyer collects and pays for
the crane which would be needed to lift it over my house)?
Any ideas before it gets chopped up into little bits?

I asked exactly the same of a guy at Hampton court re a client's oak tree.
Answere was that transport costs for a single tree are prohibitive. He buys
standingoak but only several trees at a time.

Do you have any local art colleges? They might snatch your hand off!

pk

Graculus wrote:
Possibly a bit OT, but it does relate to my garden.

It is with great regret that I have to get rid of a large oak tree in
my garden. The tree itself it quite healthy, but it is so close to a
neighbour's building that the roots are lifting and damaging the
building's wall, to the extent they can no longer get insurance. My
question is what to do with all the wood. The branches I'll get
logged up and burn over the next few years. But the main trunk is
about 3-4 feet across and 12-15 feet up to the first branches. Could
someone (an artist or furniture maker) do something with such a big
chunk of solid oak? How would I locate someone who might relish such
an opportunity? Should I sell it on eBay (buyer collects and pays for
the crane which would be needed to lift it over my house)?
Any ideas before it gets chopped up into little bits?

Try Googling for 'oak carpenters' and similar. You might find someone
interested
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Graculus" wrote in message
...
Possibly a bit OT, but it does relate to my garden.

It is with great regret that I have to get rid of a large oak tree in my
garden. The tree itself it quite healthy, but it is so close to a
neighbour's building that the roots are lifting and damaging the
building's
wall, to the extent they can no longer get insurance. My question is what
to
do with all the wood. The branches I'll get logged up and burn over the
next
few years. But the main trunk is about 3-4 feet across and 12-15 feet up
to
the first branches. Could someone (an artist or furniture maker) do
something with such a big chunk of solid oak? How would I locate someone
who
might relish such an opportunity? Should I sell it on eBay (buyer
collects
and pays for the crane which would be needed to lift it over my house)?

Any ideas before it gets chopped up into little bits?

What a shame. Where are you?

Surrey, right on the Hampshire & Sussex borders.

"Graculus" wrote in message
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Any ideas before it gets chopped up into little bits?

What a shame. Where are you?

Surrey, right on the Hampshire & Sussex borders.

Oh, I ask because a daughter is a furniture designer and could cope with it
but she's in south Wales, too far I'm afraid.

Mary

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:21:27 +0100, Graculus wrote
(in article ):

Possibly a bit OT, but it does relate to my garden.

It is with great regret that I have to get rid of a large oak tree in my
garden. The tree itself it quite healthy, but it is so close to a
neighbour's building that the roots are lifting and damaging the building's
wall, to the extent they can no longer get insurance. My question is what to
do with all the wood. The branches I'll get logged up and burn over the next
few years. But the main trunk is about 3-4 feet across and 12-15 feet up to
the first branches. Could someone (an artist or furniture maker) do
something with such a big chunk of solid oak? How would I locate someone who
might relish such an opportunity? Should I sell it on eBay (buyer collects
and pays for the crane which would be needed to lift it over my house)?

Any ideas before it gets chopped up into little bits?



Not answering your question exactly, but have you asked the advice of a
professional tree surgeon about the removal? I ask this because when we had
to have an oak tree removed which was very near our previous house, we were
advised to remove it (or get it removed, rather) over three years. We were on
clay soil and what we were told at the time was that since oak trees drink a
huge amount every day, if you remove one too quickly you can get *heave* -
the opposite of subsidence. Just something you might want to look into.




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Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

Graculus wrote:
Could someone (an artist or furniture maker) do
something with such a big chunk of solid oak?
Harry Adcock's sawmill in Corby Glen used to not only collect english
hardwoods, but fell them too. I suspect that a phone call to them
might elicit either a positive response, or advice about who to call
next.

There may well be sawmills in your local yellow pages who might be
interested.

"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
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Not answering your question exactly, but have you asked the advice of a
professional tree surgeon about the removal? I ask this because when we
had
to have an oak tree removed which was very near our previous house, we
were
advised to remove it (or get it removed, rather) over three years. We were
on
clay soil and what we were told at the time was that since oak trees drink
a
huge amount every day, if you remove one too quickly you can get *heave* -
the opposite of subsidence. Just something you might want to look into.

A tree surgeon will be doing it, don't you worry. I've already asked about
the subsidence/heave, but since I am on sandstone, it's not a problem.