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Many of you will know Iford Manor, between Bradford-on-Avon and Freshford. We had to remove a Redwood which had grown to about 100′ which was now too close to the Manor and unsafe to leave where it was.
We, therefore, had to remove it in small pieces ensuring no damage was caused to the house and their famous Peto Garden.
If you haven’t been to Iford, it’s well worth a visit. See the link here.
Dismantling acacia trees in Devizes was our task for today. We dismantled two decaying 24m high Acacia trees in the London Road, Devizes… There was a lot of rot in the trees and they had become unsafe.
See our Tree Surgery web page here
Following the recent high winds, Conservation Contractors were called in to reduce a group of 9x 30 metre high Poplar Trees on the old hospital site in Devizes. They were originally planted to screen a long since removed water tower, much to the relief of most of the residents!
The lightning storm last week has damaged one of Bradford-on-Avon’s ancient oak trees which was ‘always there’ as you enter the town near the Canal off the Sainsbury’s roundabout on the Frome Road.
Following a call from Wiltshire Council on the Friday morning, William Warden, owner of Conservation Contractors in Devizes, sent one of his teams urgently to the stricken tree to evaluate the damage. Not only had the tree suffered extensive damage, but it was adjacent to an electricity sub station, so the tree had to be dismantled carefully, safely and quickly.
Because of the height of the tree, a supersized access platform was needed, which the Wiltshire Fire Brigade supplied, allowing the Conservation Contractors team to start work.
Firstly they had to make the tree safe by reducing the height from some 25/30m by half. Then, once this part of the work was done, the dismantling continued until a rather sad trunk was all that remained. And then it was ‘Timber’ with the trunk. The branches were chipped for small brushwood and the timbers have gone locally for firewood.
William says: “We were pleased to help…. It was one of the jobs that needed not only the skills of our experienced team of tree surgeons but also our equipment and know how to dismantle the tree without damaging the substation”.
See Conversation Contractors tree surgery page on their website here
This was a job near Waitrose in Salisbury, which we undertook for Wiltshire County Council. The 120′ trees had become rotten and unsafe and with a footpath underneath and a river running alongside, made for urgent action needed to remove them.
We have a lot of pictures from the main day’s work, so here are just a few below and also a you tube link here
See our tree surgery page for more information about the tree work we undertake
