A silver birch this time, over in Hoole, and one that had reached the end of its useful life. It stood on the boundary at the bottom of the garden, right up against the pavement, and it was carrying a serious amount of ivy — the stem was completely wrapped from the base to well over halfway up.

Taking it down

A straightforward sectional takedown. Our climber worked up the stem, took the crown off in manageable pieces, and then dropped the stem down in sections into the garden, well clear of the customer’s new fence and the footpath.

Once the tree was down, the stump was ground out below ground level so the area could be planted or levelled off without a stump in the way.

Everything stayed on site

The customer wanted to keep the material, so nothing went on the truck. The brash went through our mini chipper ‘Nibbles’ for the chickens, the stem wood was cut to length and stacked for the log pile, and the grindings from the stump were raked back into the hole.

That leaves a tidy corner, no stump, and a useful bit of firewood out of a tree that had to come out anyway.

Another happy customer

Another happy customer in Hoole — a tired tree gone, the boundary opened up, and the site left clean.

Silver birches are short-lived compared with most of our natives, and a lot of the ones planted in Chester gardens in the seventies are now reaching the same stage. If you have one that is thinning out, dropping deadwood or disappearing under ivy, it is worth having it looked at.

Give us a call on 07874 825599 or email tim@halfacretrees.co.uk for a free, no-pressure quote.