Tree Surgeon Chichester

There is an enormous risk of damaging property, trees or even life, for those in Chichester who attempt to do tree work by themselves, or by employing a non-qualified individual. But even using a specialist tree surgeon who is aware of all the risks doesn't mean that tree work is entirely safe. In fact tree surgery is one of the most dangerous jobs in Britain, with an average of 140 serious injuries and 3 deaths each year within the profession, so it's certainly not safe work for amateurs to do.

A poorly maintained or damaged tree can also cause a threat to life, with around five people each year being killed by falling branches and trees in the United Kingdom. You may well be liable for any compensation to any third-party due to the consequences of your actions, if you employ someone to carry out tree work and there is an injury, or damage to property. This is why it is imperative to retain the services of an established tree surgeon to carry out the work on your trees in Chichester. (Figures sourced from HSE).

FINDING A TREE SURGEON IN CHICHESTER - A decent Chichester tree surgeon will likely be an approved member of at least one of the 2 major trade bodies. You can view the membership and professional status of any tree surgeon in Chichester on the websites of either the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) or the Arboricultural Association (AA). This page allows you to check out if any specific tree surgeon has recognised ARB Approved Contractor status, and is a member of either of these organisations.

If an issue springs up during the course of the work, or after it's been finished you will be able to get in touch with these trade organisations for mediation assistance and for advice and help.

You should courteously decline the offer of a quotation from anyone who you cannot find on this directory list, and carry on your search for an approved and fully qualified contractor. Once their professional accreditations and memberships have been meticulously checked, you should try and get a minimum of three estimates from different companies in and around Chichester. You should ask the questions below whilst getting the quotations, making it crystal clear that you need them to provide you with the answers due to the risks of the work involved:

• Can I contact some former customers to assess the standard of your workmanship? Doing an independent examination of any recent work is always a good idea.
• Can you provide a written quotation? Verbal quotes alone aren't sufficient. Always get a quote in writing.
• Do you have a NPTC certificate for the use of a chainsaw, and documentary evidence of your professional memberships and qualifications? It is required by law that any operative/tree surgeon using a chainsaw must have a NPTC/LANTRA certificate. Qualifications may include Certificates and National Diplomas in Arboriculture.
• How much insurance cover do you provide? You shouldn't consider a tree surgeon in Chichester with any less than five million pounds public liability insurance as stated by the AA and ISA.

The written quotation that you're given should include clear and accurate details of the proposed work. Who's responsible for removing waste, tree branches and stumps should be stated, as should information on any trees which could be protected in law, and the necessary steps to obtain permission to carry out work on them. You should also make certain VAT is included on the quote. It's important to understand that you have a responsibility to employ only trained people to work on your trees and property. This is stated by the "Common law duty of care responsibilities and sometimes liabilities under the Occupier's Liability Acts of 1957 and 1984."

PRIOR TO WORK COMMENCING - Checking into the possibility of any of your trees being protected, your selected Chichester tree surgeon should make certain that any work can get the green light from the appropriate local authorities. Even protected trees need maintenance in order to cut back old or dead wood and ensure the safety of the public, so finding a tree has protected status doesn't signify that work can't still be carried out.

No less than 6 weeks written notice is required to the Local Planning Authority before any tree work can be undertaken, if your property in Chichester is within a conservation area. This written notice isn't required if the tree stem is under seventy five millimetres in diameter when measured at 1.5 metres above the ground. If the pruning or thinning of a protected tree's branches are needed to sustain and promote growth, notice is also not necessary.

After conducting a complete assessment of your trees health, your chosen Chichester tree surgeon will determine the required remedial treatment and how best and safely to achieve the required outcome. Where there is any potential for falling branches, a full risk assessment will have to be carried out on your property, public areas, and sections of neighbouring properties that might be impacted. At this point, the amount of operatives needed and the level of protection required will also be ascertained. This could include a number of safety precautions along with PPE to guarantee the safety of the general public and nearby property.

ON THE DAY OF WORK - Before any tree felling, cutting of branches or climbing is started, barriers and safety measures should be put in place to keep unauthorised persons away from the work area. It may at some point be necessary to stop the traffic momentarily, if there's any threat of branches and debris falling onto the highway.

Dependent on the type of work that's called for a tree surgeon will need different levels of protection. When doing basic tree work with a chainsaw, to prevent cutting injuries to the hands, legs and torso, they will at the very least be wearing specialist protective clothing. Every worker involved in the operation, should at all times be wearing head and eye protection, and hi-vis clothing.

Safety climbing equipment and ladders will be needed if any working at height is involved, and to help in the removal of high branches and pieces of tree trunk, extra workers will be needed. It is recommended that you inform your neighbours of the need for easy access, as a skip or other method of transporting the waste away will be parked as close as possible to the work area.

AFTER COMPLETION OF WORK - All of the waste and branches will be taken away and the whole site cleared of all debris, after all of the work has been completed. Your tree surgeon will then prepare and sign off a certificate of work done, a copy of which will be given to you. This is especially important where trees with TPOs are concerned. Paths and roads can then be re-opened to the public, and any safety measures places in public spaces removed.

Issues or problems should be fixed immediately by approaching the tree surgeon directly. If there's any further dispute, and your tree surgeon is a registered member of a professional trade body, you can get advice and help from the Arboricultural Association or the International Society of Arboriculture in order to reach a satisfactory conclusion.

Local Chichester tree surgeons will probably have the dialling code 01243 and the postcode PO19. They will work in Chichester itself, in addition to nearby areas such as Oving, Tangmere, Donnington, North Mundham, Birdham, Runcton, Whyke, Bognor Regis, Fishbourne, West Broyle, Fontwell, Portfield, Stockbridge, Goodwood, Drayton, Bosham, West Stoke, and these postcodes: PO19 1EX, PO19 1AN, PO19 1NL, PO19 1NP, PO19 1HW, PO18 9XG, PO18 8YL, PO19 1JP, PO18 8WZ, PO19 1LT.

For this type of service it is definitely a good idea to use a certified tree surgeon. Chichester property owners can benefit from the knowhow and expertise that a seasoned professional can offer.

Cable Bracing Trees Chichester

Cable bracing is a procedure that's used to provide support for a tree when it shows signs of decay, damage, or poses a risk to nearby property (or persons). This procedure is often used on older or valuable trees in Chichester, where the felling or removal of large unstable portions is undesirable for aesthetic reasons.

To support defective joints, weak limbs and V-shaped forks in a tree, a specially designed cable bracing setup can be installed. Most Chichester tree surgeons will be equipped to undertake different forms of bracing work by the installation of rods and cables to help mitigate structural stress and significantly extend the lifespan of veteran trees.

Cable bracing has the goal of providing a flexible and shock-absorbing means of support which is non-invasive and doesn't damage the tree by having to drill and bolt the branches. To ensure the safety of the tree and adjoining areas, a risk assessment needs to be conducted before any cable bracing work can proceed.

Pollarding Chichester

Pollarding is principally conducted for health and safety reasons and is a method for appreciably lessening the size of trees which have grown too large for their present surroundings. This process is also occasionally used for visual reasons to transform a tree into a particularly appealing form. Trees which grow alongside streets in Chichester are regularly pollarded, as are those that are used for boundaries and in managed hedgerows. Given that pollarded trees have such a harsh and naked visual appearance, and will likely never get back to their earlier shape, the procedure isn't usually popular with tree lovers. The advantageous side of the pollarding process, is that trees which may otherwise need to be removed can be saved in-situ. Pollarding is routinely used on broad-leafed tree species like beeches, horse chestnuts, limes, oaks, maples, planes and sycamores.

Woodland Clearance Chichester

Clearing land by woodland clearance in the Chichester area can be affected by national and local limitations in effect, depending on where the land is, and what bio-diversity is present in the place that is going to be cleared. An experienced tree surgeon contractor in Chichester can provide you with a full end to end service that will comply with all covenants and laws on the land, and will also complete the work an eco-friendly and ethical way.

An extensive site survey will be carried out by a professional tree surgeon who'll also communicate with woodland authorities and organisations to ensure that your clearance is done safely and legally. It may be that the land in question has protected species of tree or reptiles on it, that will need to be relocated to another protected site, or other mitigation procedures may need to be employed.

Due to the equipment needed for woodland clearances, i.e. felling, mulching and chipping machines, it's highly economical to hire a certified tree surgeon to execute the clearance.

Logs & Firewood Chichester

Of course, you might need a tree surgeon for a completely different reason, as they can be an excellent source for firewood and logs in Chichester. As felling trees and lopping off branches is part of their daily schedule, this is an obvious offshoot for the enterprising tree surgeon.

If you are lucky, you might find a tree surgeon in Chichester who gives logs and branches away free to collectors, these will often be "green" and need to be dried. Others will sell their logs by the tonne or in bags, and these will generally be fully seasoned and dried logs, that are ready for burning.

The best logs for burning on your log burner or open fire will be those that have a moisture content of less than 20%, and will have been left to dry out for at least twelve months. Normally tree surgeons in Chichester will have supplies of hardwood logs, and the benefit of these is that they give a sustained burn, providing several hours of comforting heat. The drawback of hardwood logs is that they can be quite tricky to light, therefore if you are able to acquire a few softwood logs, these are terrific for getting the fire burning.

Tree Surveys Chichester

There are a number of situations where tree surveys may be required, property extension and land development being the most commonplace. As laid out by British Standards BS5837, if you are clearing some land to make room for an extension to an existing property or a brand new house in Chichester, and there are trees growing on that land, you might need to do a tree survey. Tree surveys in Chichester must be undertaken by a certified tree surveyor or tree surgeon, and this is the case whether the tree survey is being done on either a public or private property.

A correctly done tree survey will produce a number of details about all of the trees within a defined area. For example:

• Recommendations for tree management.
• The physiological and structural health of the trees.
• The predicted life expectancy of the trees.
• The existence of any TPOs (Tree Preservation Orders).
• The number of trees (those of over 75mm diameter 1.5m from ground level).
• The height of each tree.
• The age of the trees (i.e. young, semi-mature, mature, over-mature and veteran).
• The species of each tree (either scientific or common).
• The spread of branches towards the East, North, South and West.
• A unique reference number for each tree.
• The diameter of each tree (measured 1.5m above ground level).

You will most likely not need a tree survey if you are altering an existing home in Chichester but you're not changing the footprint of the building and are not shifting the service lines or access points.

Tree Stump Removal Chichester

After getting a sizeable tree felled in Chichester, you will likely be left with a further problem - the tree stump. You might consider allowing it to decay entirely naturally, and be quite happy to leave it to its own devices. However, stumps left in your garden can be trip hazards, can attract unwelcome pests, and can even produce "suckers" in an attempt to regrow.

There are a number of ways that you can remove a tree stump, if you determine that this is the best plan of action, although the 2 main options are stump removal or stump grinding. In the next few sentences, we'll be looking at the different methods of removal.

There are three primary procedures that can be used to get rid of a tree stump - you can dig it out by hand, you can burn it or you can treat it with chemicals. You could employ any of these tactics if you're planning to remove the tree stump by yourself. If a tree surgeon is going to be doing the work, stump grinding is generally their method of choice, however eco-plugging or another chemical treatment may also be offered.

Tree Stump Removal by Burning: Since it can be quite dangerous and could contravene local legislation, stump burning isn't really a recommended course of action, so if you choose this approach, take great care. You'll need to drill some 25mm holes in the stump, and pour in some vegetable oil, you will have to keep these topped up over a period of several days until the stump has been completely soaked. You should then cover the tree stump with logs or charcoal and set fire to it. This should not then be left to its own devices, and be monitored constantly. When the fire has stopped burning, you need to make sure that it is fully extinguished and cooled off, after which you can manually dig out the roots and stump remains.

This isn't the only way to burn a tree stump, and you could also try digging out all the soil from beneath the stump and building a fire in the space that has been made underneath. None of these stump burning procedures should ever be used if the tree stump is near to fences, other trees or buildings.

Chemical Stump Removers: For the chemical removal of a stump you'll need to invest in Roundup Tree Stump Remover, Vitax SBK Stump Killer or Resolva Xtra Tough Tree Stump Killer. It's important that you closely follow the manufacturer's directions when using any of these chemicals, as they can be toxic and dangerous. The stump will take a few weeks to rot and can then be chopped up and removed with an axe and a spade.

Stump Digging: Digging by hand is rather straightforward and involves digging down, sawing through all the roots, and releasing the stump. A winch could be required to complete this procedure. This type of work is not suited to the unfit or faint-hearted, because it's exhausting and laborious.

Tree Transplanting Chichester

Moving mature trees and transplanting them in an alternative location may sound challenging, but with heavy lifting equipment and vehicle mounted spades, it has become a fairly simple undertaking. Removing a tree from your land does not have to involve cutting it down and digging out the roots; a certified tree moving service in Chichester can remove and transplant even fully developed trees and repair the disturbed ground afterwards.

If you've got no choice but to transplant a tree in Chichester in the warmer summer seasons of summer and spring, you must lessen the stress of the move on the tree's root-ball by thoroughly soaking the ground with water before any work is started. Transplanting an adult tree involves a mechanical spade burrowing down and encompassing the tree's root ball, before raising the whole tree, unscathed, from the soil. The tree is then ready to be transferred to its new home for re-planting, or kept in temporary storage until it's ready to be replanted.

If you intend to move a tree from ground that's got a preservation order upon it, a specialist tree moving contractor in Chichester can communicate with appropriate authorities to approve replanting in an agreed area.

Management of Vegetation

It isn't simply the maintenance and removal of trees that your local Chichester tree surgeon will be prepared to help you with, but also any sort of proliferating vegetation which is clogging up your property. Usually tree care specialists will be delighted to cut down overgrown vegetation, shrubs, weeds and bushes that may be thriving around patios, sheds, walkways, driveways or buildings, and causing a pain. If you are to maintain your garden effectively then all this excess growth must be reduced on a regular basis, and if you have the time and inclination this is something you may tackle by yourself if you're fit and well, or you could ask a local tree surgeon to come once a year to keep it in check. The control of vegetation is necessary if you're going to have easy and safe access to all parts of your property and if this is ignored the vegetation and plants can pretty quickly get out of control and take a lot of the enjoyment out of your garden. Aside from everything else your garden will look a lot better when properly maintained.

TPOs (Tree Preservation Orders) Chichester

Before carrying out any serious work on your trees in Chichester, you should make sure there is not a TPO (Tree Preservation Order) on any of them. You local authority is the place to go to determine whether there are any Tree Preservation Orders on your trees. If any of your trees have Tree Preservation Orders, you cannot perform lopping, wilful destruction, removal, uprooting, felling, wilful damage or topping, without written approval from your local authority. You could ask your tree surgeon to help with these checks, any good one will be ready to offer guidance and advice.

If you happen to reside inside a conservation area in Chichester, you should always speak with your council concerning any tree surgery work that you plan to perform, and if the tree involved has a diameter of over seventy five millimetres (at a point 1.5 metres from ground level), you need to give your local authority at least 6 weeks notice in writing. (Tags: TPOs Chichester, TPOs (Tree Preservation Orders) Chichester, Tree Preservation Orders Chichester).

Tree Surgery Tasks Chichester

Chichester tree surgeons can generally help you with tree pruning, tree surveys, damaged tree cutting and removal, crown lifting, tree maintenance, crown removal, crown reduction Chichester, tree reduction, woodchipping, tree management in Chichester, tree planting in Chichester, waste removal Chichester, shrub maintenance, cable bracing in Chichester, root grinding Chichester, drop crotching in Chichester, hedge lowering, tree lightening protection, woodland clearances Chichester, hazard assessment in Chichester, domestic tree surgery Chichester, safety inspections Chichester, soil terraventing, emergency tree removal in Chichester, tree felling in Chichester, cut sealing in Chichester, vegetation management, tree care services Chichester, tree transplanting Chichester, tree work in Chichester and other tree surgeon services in Chichester, West Sussex. These are just a handful of the duties that are undertaken by a local tree surgeon. Chichester providers will be happy to inform you of their full range of services.

Tree Surgeons Nearby

Also find: Bosham tree surgeon, West Stoke tree surgeon, Stockbridge tree surgeon, Fontwell tree surgeon, West Broyle tree surgeon, Tangmere tree surgeon, Birdham tree surgeon, Portfield tree surgeon, North Mundham tree surgeon, Whyke tree surgeon, Oving tree surgeon, Runcton tree surgeon, Goodwood tree surgeon, Donnington tree surgeon, Fishbourne tree surgeon and more. Almost all of these locations are covered by local tree surgeons. Householders in these localities can obtain tree surgery estimates by clicking here.

Tree Care Services Chichester

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• Chichester Tree Maintenance
• Chichester Crown Cleaning
• Chichester Crown Reduction
• Chichester Air-Spading
• Chichester Tree Reduction
• Chichester Tree Inspections
• Chichester Cable Bracing
• Chichester Shrub Maintenance
• Chichester Tree Lopping
• Chichester Tree Planting
• Chichester Tree Transplanting
• Chichester Soil Terraventing
• Chichester Arboriculture
• Chichester Stump Grinding

More Chichester Trades: Needless to say, whenever you are having tree surgery done in Chichester, West Sussex, you will likely need other garden related services, and along with a tree surgeon in Chichester, West Sussex, you might also need landscaping in Chichester, fence builders in Chichester, waste removal in Chichester, garden shed installers in Chichester, topiary in Chichester, soil drainage services in Chichester, SKIP HIRE in Chichester, garden pond builders in Chichester, artifical grass in Chichester, patio cleaning in Chichester, garden clearances in Chichester, block paving in Chichester, garden design in Chichester, garden decking in Chichester, grass cutting services in Chichester, garden digging services in Chichester, and other different Chichester tradespeople.

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