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old giant leylandiis
My Oxford home is let. It has a very small triangular back garden with two lelandiis in the corner, one very very tall and one slightly shorter. Next to the garage at the side if the house is another and along the front wall are 4 more.
I can hear you saying, why has this person allowed them to become so tall. Don't ask, it is a big mistake..... However my neighbour is having problems with the TV signal. I have made enquiries as to cost of having them reduced and one company suggested removal of them. Although I believe in conservation, these trees are a big problem and although they are great specimins, I have no desire to keep them. However the back garden trees are about 20 feet from the house, the side one about 5 and the front garden also about 20. The front ones have already pushed up a driveway paving slab. Any suggestions on the best way to deal with these giants....... been there at least 20 years! |
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In article , redg writes: | | My Oxford home is let. It has a very small triangular back garden with | two lelandiis in the corner, one very very tall and one slightly | shorter. Next to the garage at the side if the house is another and | along the front wall are 4 more. It it almost certainly your landlord's responsibility, but the only sane thing to do is remove them. They are FAR too close to the house, and the insurers might refuse to pay if they damage it or someone else's property. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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In article , Charlie Pridham writes: | | I read it that the OP is the landlord? Ah, I see. That simplifies things. | Any way the sooner you bite the bullet and get them down the better, the | longer you leave it the more costly it will become. ... And the higher the chance that they will come down in a storm, causing costly damage and a row with the insurers. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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[quote=Nick Maclaren;767819]In article ,
Charlie Pridham writes: Not sure if I am doing this reply correctly. Yes I am the landlord and posted the message. I would very much like to end the problem but I understand that by removing them completely, there could be structural damage beneath the house, either drying out of roots or water remaining under the house with them all being so near to it. They are massive trees! I've left it too long but no good moaning about it, onwards and downwards hopefully! I will get in touch with a tree surgeon. My agents have already got quotes for reducing them but they are pretty useless at getting any other reliable information for me. About 700 sterling pounds to halve them including removal of waste. Is it cheaper to just ged rid of them ? I am overseas and sometimes things aren't that simple. I searched the internet yesterday to try and find a website that offered information relating to the removal and any subsequent problems but to no avail. Thanks for your replies, appreciated. |
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On 31 Dec, 11:31, redg wrote:
Nick Maclaren;767819 Wrote: In article , Charlie Pridham writes: Not sure if I am doing this reply correctly. Yes I am the landlord and posted the message. I would very much like to end the problem but I understand that by removing them completely, there could be structural damage beneath the house, either drying out of roots or water remaining under the house with them all being so near to it. They are massive trees! I've left it too long but no good moaning about it, onwards and downwards hopefully! I will get in touch with a tree surgeon. My agents have already got quotes for reducing them but they are pretty useless at getting any other reliable information for me. About 700 sterling pounds to halve them including removal of waste. Is it cheaper to just ged rid of them ? I am overseas and sometimes things aren't that simple. I searched the internet yesterday to try and find a website that offered information relating to the removal and any subsequent problems but to no avail. Thanks for your replies, appreciated. -- redg Why not have them cut down to 6 or 7ft stumps and then use these for growing something like climbing roses, clematis etc over. David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
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On 30 Dec, 13:17, redg wrote:
My Oxford home is let. It has a very small triangular back garden with two lelandiis in the corner, one very very tall and one slightly shorter. It's time to bite the bullet, call (more than one) tree surgeon to get a price for complete removal. It's not worth buggering about trying to save money when an accident could be nasty. |
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On 1 Jan, 05:29, redg wrote:
So you all reckon I should get it done, but no comments about the undergound structural damage where the roots have reached. That's my That's why you need the professionals. In general all the Leylandii I have taken down have had a root ball no wider than the crown, but I live on heavy clay. The nature of root growth is a complicated thing, depending on underground conditions. |
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In article ,
says... ;768016 Wrote: On 30 Dec, 13:17, redg wrote:- My Oxford home is let. It has a very small triangular back garden with two lelandiis in the corner, one very very tall and one slightly shorter.- It's time to bite the bullet, call (more than one) tree surgeon to get a price for complete removal. It's not worth buggering about trying to save money when an accident could be nasty. So you all reckon I should get it done, but no comments about the undergound structural damage where the roots have reached. That's my big worry. -- redg If you are on clay worry, but otherwise if not showing signs of cracks now and you have them down you should be fine. Even on clay the sooner they are removed the less likely you are to get "heave" after. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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In message , Charlie
Pridham writes If you are on clay worry, but otherwise if not showing signs of cracks now and you have them down you should be fine. Even on clay the sooner they are removed the less likely you are to get "heave" after. Our neighbours have about 10 very tall ones along their side of our nextdoor boundary. We've recently put in a single storey extension which takes it very close to the fence. We decided to get a structural engineer in to advise. We are on very heavy clay - so as well as putting in *very* deep footings, we had to put special boards in to absorb swelling and shrinkage - and a block and beam floor. We are probably going to have to pay half the amount to get rid of the Leylandii as the neighbours are unlikely to do it otherwise. However, the engineer advised cutting the tops off one year to allow a gradual change in the water saturation - then the following year take the rest. Don't know if that has any relevance to the OP's situation. The only benefit from the trees seems to be that a bunch of starlings seem to be nesting there. They're not even any good for the woodburning stove -- regards andyw |
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newsb wrote:
The only benefit from the trees seems to be that a bunch of starlings seem to be nesting there. They're not even any good for the woodburning stove Not true (the burning bit), Leylandii are quite acceptable for burning in a woodburning stove if they're well seasoned/dried, just like any other wood. Leylandii wood is about 'middle of the road' for burning, not as good as the best (Ash and similar) but a lot better than the worst. We have been burning steadily through our Leylandii for the past seven or eight years with no problems. Leylandii wood is actually quite hard and more like a hardwood than a softwood in many ways, it's nothing like pine. -- Chris Green |
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