[Discuss] trees

[Anne Marie Garvey]

 Dear John,

Is that the stuff they have in London? It's fabulous there, a golden colour, but beware, when I asked the County Council why they were putting horrible black bitumen around the trees outside the Arundel House Hotel , the ( very nice) Chief Engineer said that it was cheaper and " this isn't London you know" . Mind you after that call, they stopped the bitumen job and just lett the slightly raised paving stones as they were, really not much of an encumbrance. 

For the look of the thing, it's vital to have the London Golden, technically the term.


as ever,


Anne
On 17 Oct 2011, at 11:28, John Lawton wrote:

> Dear Anne,
> 
> in this case I don't think it is insurance, even though a trip hazard is indicated, rather the problem that the roots have pushed up the paving stones because the poor trees weren't able to penetrate the subsoil. They plan to install something called Silva-Cell to do a better job second time around.
> 
> http://www.deeproot.com/products/silva-cell/applications.html
> 
> The street refurbishment will be unfinished unless the problem is dealt with.
> Unfortunately a raised bed around the trees was deemed unsuitable because the 'street life' would abuse it.
> 
> John
> 
> At 11:05 17/10/2011, you wrote:
>> So depressing. It's insurance companies of course at the back of it all. Strangely in America you can't insure for subsidence at all so none of this destructive madness applies.
>> 
>> 
>> In the case of the planes of Alexandra Gardens, the cracks in the bloke's house are 'miminal' as one expert said, he could polyfilla them over, but these ideas turn into ideés fixes. the Council seem to be standing firm so far -unless I am out of date- but at the protest meeting the Council official in charge of the enquiry told me that if there is enough outcry the trees will stay. Enough said.
>> 
>> AG
>> 
>> 
>> On 17 Oct 2011, at 01:28, Simon Norton wrote:
>> 
>> > Someone sent me a cutting from The Times of 24 Sept about someone who was
>> > squatting in a (beech) tree in Irton, near Scarborough, in an effort to save it.
>> > The tree had had a preservation order but this was lifted because a house owner
>> > claimed it was undermining his drains.
>> >
>> > Alas, research on the Internet (google "irton beech") reveals that the tree was
>> > cut down a fortnight ago.
>> >
>> > Simon Norton
>> >
>> >
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