Tree felling and sectional dismantling.
Some trees have room to come down in one piece. Most do not. Where a tree stands over a house, a greenhouse or a neighbour's fence, it comes down in sections, roped and lowered a piece at a time.
How a felling job actually runs
The access decides the method. We look at what is under the tree and around it before anyone picks up a saw.
- Straight felling where there is a safe drop zone and room to work
- Sectional dismantling with ropes and rigging where there is not
- Climbing irons stay off any tree that is being kept
- The drop zone is kept clear, and the pavement too where the tree is roadside
- Brash through the chipper on site, timber onto the truck
- Stump cut low and flush, or ground out as a second visit
What we take down
Garden conifers through to mature hardwoods with a trunk you cannot get your arms round.
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Garden trees
Conifers, leylandii, birch, cherry and the self-seeded sycamore that nobody planted. Usually a single day.
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Mature hardwoods
Oak, ash, beech and horse chestnut. Sectional work, rigged down, with the timber cut to a size that can be moved.
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Trees over buildings
Where the drop zone is a roof or a conservatory, every piece is roped and lowered rather than dropped.
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Dangerous and dead trees
Ash dieback, decay at the base, a tree already leaning. These are approached differently and priced differently.
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Roadside and boundary trees
Signage, cones and a plan for traffic where the work overhangs a road or a shared drive.
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Whole plots
Builders, farms and landowners clearing ground. Priced by the day rather than by the tree.
Thinking about taking a tree down?
Send a photo of it with a rough idea of what is underneath, and we can usually tell you straight away whether it is a straight fell or a climb.
Questions about this job
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Felling leaves a stump cut as low as the saw will safely go. Taking the rest out is stump grinding, which uses a different machine and is quoted separately. Plenty of people leave the stump where the ground is going back to grass anyway, and plenty do not. Ask for both prices and decide after.
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Sometimes. A tree with a Tree Preservation Order on it, or any tree over 75mm diameter in a conservation area, needs the council told before work starts, and the penalties for getting that wrong sit with the tree owner. Your local council can confirm in a phone call, and we will tell you if we think yours is likely to be one.
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Enough to get a truck and a chipper reasonably close, and a way through to the tree. A narrow side return makes a job slower rather than impossible. We would rather see it than guess, which is what the free visit is for.
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Brash goes through the chipper on site. Timber goes on the truck. If you burn wood at home, say so and we will cut it to length and stack it instead of taking it away.
Other things we do
Most jobs turn out to be more than one of these. Ask for a price on all of it at once.
Tree pruning and trimming
Crown lifting, thinning and deadwooding carried out to the British Standard.
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Crown reduction
Crown reductions carried out to growth points, not topped.
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Hedge cutting
Hedge cutting, reshaping and height reduction for homes and commercial sites across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
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Stump grinding and removal
Stump grinding and removal across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
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Storm damage clearance
Windblown trees, hung-up limbs and storm damage made safe and cleared across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
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Site clearance
Overgrown plot and site clearance for homeowners, builders and landowners across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
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