November 24th, 2011
The construction of a couple of fences and planting of a beech/hawthorn mix hedge. the leylandii trees were felled first to make room for the new hedge. although the hedge plants are small they will get a good root system in this soil and grow well.
The fence was a slight challenge as it had three different levels to the garden
panels and a gate were installed at the driveway and to the side of the property
this was the side that the hedge was planted, the client being a very good neighbour put the good side of the fence facing away from there property
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November 14th, 2011
Another tree in the wrong place, this spruce tree was possible planted as a small xmas tree but 30 year later and it has overgrown the house and outgrown the site, Time to be felled.
As you can see its far too large for its current site
The tree was cut one branch at a time because of the space available
The stump was left at this height to support a flowering vine
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November 3rd, 2011
This section of fence had fallen down so we were asked to make a new one that was a bit more substatial, all the posts were driven into the ground 2 feet and the strainers (the bigger posts) were put in 3 feet, the fence was then strung with 5 strands of barb wire.
once the old fence was removed, the posts were sat in place to measure the overall length
the completed fence, this will last a long time as all the timber is treated and the wire is galvanised.
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November 1st, 2011
This was an area in a school that had overgrown and alot had collapsed with the weight of the snow last year, so the decision was made to fell all of them, as these were mostly laurel they will grow back well from the stump next season.
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October 9th, 2011
To get a better idea of this job click on the link in the previous post and watch the tree work via the head camera.
Chestnuts had to be felled as they were infected with Phytophthora, the sycamore was felled as it had substantial dead wood and a heavy lean towards the other properties, so after the chestnuts were removed this tree would have been exposed to full force of the wind, so the decision was made to fell.
Canopy being removed on the second tree
Sections being cut and chucked to get the tree to a suitable size to fell
Felling the stem
Breaking down the sycamore canopy
The last branch
Rigging down the stem
1...2....3.....TIMBER!!!!!!!! The stem felled.
I would like to add that all the wood went to fire wood or got milled to be used at a later date, i would also like to thank the client for taking the photos of the full job.
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September 22nd, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/user/Arbscape?feature=mhee
Click on the link to watch a small section of videos of various works. This will be uprated regular, please add it to your favourites and check back to see what we have been doing.
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September 15th, 2011
This was a fence we constructed on a site where we previously removed all the trees, the existing fence was in a bad state of repair so it was removed and a new one constructed in its place
The old fence has been removed
The view from the outside after construction
Fence view from the inside, this now gives alot o security and privacy within the garden.
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September 15th, 2011
These trees were felled to allow access to a new driveway for a development site, once the site is complete more trees will be planted to allow for the loss. The trees had to be climbed and sectioned, as they had a lean towards the road and phone wires running through them.
The finished job, the roots will be removed via a digger when the groundworks commence
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August 26th, 2011
This was a rather overgrown and neglected band of trees and hedging that was on the outskirts of a new local authority housing estate, these had to be removed to facilitate the construction of a new fence.
First section felled and chipped
Second section felled and chipped
The area cleared and the fence construction started
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August 21st, 2011
We undertake a few contract grass cutting sites and some private clients gardens, it can be quite tricky programing work of this nature in, as our weather can be unpredictable and if you miss the cycle because of rain etc, when you do manage to do the cut it can be amazing how much it can grow with the extra water and some sun. We sometimes forget when we drive past trees,grass etc that these things are living breathing organisms and if left alone would take the planet back. Some pictures.
larger areas are cut via a ride on machine
smaller areas like these we would use a walk behind mower
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