Space was at a premium last week while removing and reducing a row of sycamore trees in Hartmoor Road Devizes
16 December 2018
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Equestrian Arena build in Lavington
This is now complete. Following a successful planning application approval, the brief was to build a 40 x 20m sand arena. The topsoil was removed and the site levelled with drainage and soakaway. Then a stone sub-base with a membrane underneath was laid, then a second membrane. Finally, the correct sand type was added along with post and rail fence and gates installed.
Dismantle 10 Sycamore trees St Mary’s Hospital Bristol
Here’s a picture of young Lukas dismantling the first of many 60-foot sycamore trees for St Mary’s Hospital in Bristol.
The project necessitated the trees being dismantled for the regeneration of the site into student accommodation.
For details of our other tree surgery work please see here
Telegraph pole for gate post Poulshot
Something a little different in Poulshot:
Here we used a fifteen feet long telegraph pole for a gate post. The image shows the pole being driven in, and then we used it to hang the gate on.
Timber Firing Points, Warminster Ranges
Our original Facebook post at the beginning of November showed that we were making a number of these. We mentioned the fact that they would be painted cream in and concreted to the ground. But we didn’t get many replies as to what they would be used for, so we thought you’d like to know the answer!
They are in fact timber firing points we installed at Warminster Ranges, all made in-house. And they had to be painted country cream as they didn’t want bright white.
Other projects we’ve undertaken which don’t involve trees or fencing may be found here
Palisade Fencing Devizes
Our project here was to supply and erect 300m of 2m high palisade fencing for Cross Engineering in Devizes.
Palisade fence panels are the most popular choice for locations today requiring a high level of security and vandal resistance.
Steel palisade fencing is usually the first choice for schools, utility installations and industrial sites. This is because of its high damage resistance and the fact that it is so difficult to climb.
December 2018
For details of other types of fencing we undertake please see here
Pond refurbishment Marston
Another one for our Everything Else section of the website!
A recent pond refurbishment with 15 years of silt and leaf mould removed. We retained some water and all the fish and then laid a new liner. The pond was then refilled to which we added the retained water to get the microbes started.
To see some more examples of our work which isn’t tree surgery, tree surveys or fencing, please see here.
And now adding a new photograph in June 2019 of what it looks like 6 months later. Really does illustrate the “before and after”…
Dismantle 60-foot Eucalyptus tree in Rowde and a Conifer in Potterne
A few images from a couple of dismantle jobs this week with Steve and Justin aloft.
A 60-foot Eucalyptus tree was overhanging a very old stone wall at Rowde, near Devizes.
Then there’s a conifer coming down in Potterne.
Dismantle Lime trees, Bishops Cannings
Here’s a 60-second video of one of a pair of time trees coming down in Bishops Cannings at the beginning of November. The trees were healthy in themselves but had grown to a height of 100 feet. The roots were undermining the buildings which were planned for a change of use in the near future so needed to be removed.
Lime trees are one of the most iconic British trees forming lined avenues on grand houses and estates. There is even a circle of trees planted in Pewsey, Wiltshire that are still alive and healthy today, designed so that duellers could get some privacy from onlookers when in action!
The action is all in the last few seconds!
For details of our tree surgery work please see here and for our tree surveys, here
Reduction and crown lifting to two large oak trees in Trowbridge Cemetery
Trowbridge Cemetery today for Rich and Steve reducing and crown lifting two large oaks.
These trees were in the centre of the cemetery and were impeding access and also touching the chapel building. The trees were probably there before the first Trowbridge resident and just required a little TLC to ensure longevity.
November 2018
For further information about our tree work please see here and about tree surveys here
