Tree Surgery
Experts tree surgery
All of our tree surgeons are fully NPTC qualified in all aspects of tree surgery. We can complete the removal of trees without damage to the surrounding areas and are fully equipped to tackle the felling of trees that may be situated in awkward locations.
Section felling is used in cases when the tree is too close and will cause damage to the surrounding area. All of the arisings that have been created during the tree removal process will be removed and are always recycled.
Beech Tree suffering from Meripilus Giganteus
This tree is an example of defoliation due to the infected roots not being able to substantiate the fully foliated crown. The tree may survive for many years without obvious distress, but eventually crown symptoms such as those shown begin to appear. This happens when root killing has outpaced root regeneration.
The biggest cause for concern for a tree of this size suffering from such a disease is that the tree quickly becomes unstable with the roots decomposing underground, meaning that action has to be taken quickly.
Crown reductions
A trees size can be adjusted to become smaller, whilst endeavouring to maintain a original shape. Trees that are reasonably ‘unbalanced’ can be pruned and adjusted to create a likable shape, whilst any limbs encroaching upon a building or boundary can be made smaller to reduce any obstruction it may be causing. Crown reductions are implemented for aesthetic reasons or for health and safety reasons. This may be to help stop a tree from failing through ‘wind throw’.
Crown Thinning & Dead Wooding
Crown thinning is a process by which the crown of the tree is reduced by removing branches – this will always be dictated as a percentage i.e. ‘25% thin to canopy’. By carrying this out, the ‘sail area’ or ‘canopy’ of the tree becomes thinner allowing wind and sunlight to pass through, thus solving two problems – more light to the garden surrounding the tree and a reduction in failure due to strong winds.
Thinning generally avoids leaving large wounds on the tree in question, leaving the tree less susceptible to airborne bacterial diseases.
Dead wooding is the removal of dead wood from the tree. This is generally done for safety reasons but is also done for amenity purposes. If it is safe, the dead wood on old trees can be left due to its habitat value.
Crown Lifting
Lifting of the crown consists of the removal of the lower branches of the tree. This will be done to a specific height. This could be for many reasons including: for more light to reach certain areas, because the tree is causing an obstruction or simply for aesthetic reasons.
Pollarding
Pollarding (or removal of the entire ‘crown’ of the tree is a practical method that) originated from timber production. Generally we would recommend against pollarding, however it is sometimes the only option; for example on previously pollard trees, a tree will always have to be re-pollarded to prevent failure of the weaker re-growth, or where there is no other option due to the large amount of the tree that has previously been removed.
Hedge & Conifer Reductions
Hedge and conifer reductions are done by lessening the height by a specified amount or percentage. Reduction can be done to larger conifers, for example, where the height of a hedge has grown too high. Trimming the faces of overgrown hedges can bring the conifer back into a manageable size and more aesthetic shape. However this may take several return visits, as many coniferous trees do not recover fully if all of the green foliage is trimmed off in one visit.