Cleft Sweet Chestnut fence around a lake near Devizes

Posted on 22 March 20242 May 2024 by Debbie Newman

A couple of jobs this week:

A Cleft sweet chestnut fence around a lake near Devizes and
a guard rail fence was repaired in Westbury

All with no raincoat required !!

March 2024

Cleft rail fences, also known as chestnut fences, are constructed using split logs. We used 2.4m. Commonly, these logs have pre-shaped ends that fit snugly into mortices in the fence posts. This design allows the rails to slot into the timber posts easily. Sweet chestnut does not require any treatment to help improve its lifespan – the timber contains natural preservatives. There is no industry standard for the length of the logs given their curved and bendy nature.

Tree Survey followed by take down of Holm Oak tree from the car park at a soon-to-open children’s home in Westbury

Posted on 28 September 202230 January 2023 by Debbie Newman

Clear results were showing the cross-section of decay present in a tree removed from the car park of a soon-to-open children’s home in Westbury in the grounds of the former Chalford House Hotel. This was all confirmed in the PICUS report. As you can see, the tree looked perfectly healthy from the outside but had to be taken down as it was unsafe, especially over a car park. And we needed to wait until the birds had finished nesting to undertake the work.

Well done by all involved; the new spider MEWP proving its worth, along with the timber crane o remove the timber; no heavy lifting at CC Ltd!

Two different sets of security gates erected

Posted on 16 November 202031 January 2023 by Debbie Newman

Two different sets of security gates erected last week – sign of the times I am afraid.

One set for Cross Engineering in Devizes for Henry Timmis, and one for a new development site in Westbury.

Both sets 1.8m high and of galvanised metal.

Site clearance in Westbury for next 2 weeks so needed the big toys to speed up the job!

Posted on 15 March 201925 January 2023 by Debbie Newman

Linden Homes are building a new development at Westbury by the station. So as to avoid disturbing nesting birds we needed to cut and chip large volumes of scrub and over-mature thorn and hedging. This was cut to a height of one metre and chipped on site.

The next phase will be to winching up and removing the trees from the lake and reducing larger oak trees, along with fitting cable bracing.

Tree reductions in Westbury needing Chapter 8 traffic control

Posted on 20 October 201829 October 2018 by Debbie Newman

Today we were cutting 300m of various overhanging trees back over the main road in Westbury and will continue for the rest of the week.

The work needs “stop and go” boards for traffic control. Because the Conservation Contractors team are qualified to “Chapter 8” requirements, they are able to manage the traffic control in-house.

The Department for Transport has a comprehensive guide for traffic signs and management. Chapter 8 of this guide is called ‘Traffic Safety Measures and Signs for Road Works and Temporary Situations’. This is commonly referred to as the “Chapter 8 guidelines”.

15 Oct