City & Guilds and NPTC qualified, fully insured
Eight things we are asked for most, from one overhanging limb to a whole row of conifers that have got past the point of cutting back.
Every one of them has a page of its own with the detail on it, including the parts that decide the price and the parts people usually find out about afterwards.
Pick the one closest to your problem. If none of them quite fits, ring and describe it.
Straight felling where there is room, sectional dismantling where there is not.
Crown lifting, thinning and deadwooding, cut to the British Standard.
The whole crown brought in evenly and finished at growth points.
Flat faces, a level top and every cutting taken away.
Ground out below the surface so you can turf, pave or plant over it.
Windblown trees and hung-up limbs made safe, then cleared.
Brambles, scrub and self-seeded trees off an overgrown plot.
Seasoned hardwood off our own work, delivered locally.
Three things it changes about how the work is done.
A cut made at the branch collar seals over. A cut made flush with the trunk does not, and leaves a decay route straight into the stem. It is the detail that separates tree surgery from branch removal.
Climbing irons go into the trunk. On a tree that is being kept, that is a line of wounds up the stem, so anything staying gets climbed on rope and harness.
Worth asking of everyone who quotes, including us. Ropes, saws and a chipper next to your house is not light work.
Describe the problem instead of the solution. Too dark, too close to the house, a limb you do not trust. We will tell you what the job actually is, and what it is not.
NPTC is the certification route for chainsaw and tree work in this country, assessed in units: ground saw use, felling, climbing and aerial rescue, and so on. It is the qualification an insurer, a council and a commercial client will all ask about, and it is worth asking any tree firm which units they hold.
Yes, once permission is in place. A Tree Preservation Order means an application to the council; a conservation area means six weeks' notice for anything over 75mm diameter. The council will confirm the status of a tree over the phone, and it is the tree owner who carries the penalty if the work goes ahead without it.
Ring and we will tell you what the diary looks like that week. Anything genuinely dangerous gets moved up the list, so say so when you ring rather than waiting for the quote.
Yes. Schools, estates, farms, managing agents, landlords and builders. Site work can be scheduled outside opening hours and invoiced rather than paid on the day.