Trees
Tree surgery
Felling, reductions, pruning and stumps, done by arborists with current certificates.
The climbing is done by arborists, and the certificates are kept current. The job is written down before anyone goes up: what is removed, what stays, and where the timber is going.
Typical calls are a birch leaning over a lawn, a conifer row that has closed the windows, or a stump sitting where a patio needs to run. Those are different operations, and they are priced as such.
A tree preservation order, or a tree inside a conservation area, has to be raised with the planning authority before felling or a heavy reduction. The note on conifer screens sets out one common case.
On the specification
- Felling
- Crown reduction and crown lifting
- Re-shaping and pruning
- Deadwood
- Coppicing, thinning and pollarding
- Stump removal
Further reading: Cutting back a conifer screen.