Morning all,
I've got the roots from next door's silver birch growing into my back garden and they've already damaged my patio quite extensively. Had a man round to quote for a new patio and he said that he could cut the roots back to the boundary (which will be about 3' - then there's another 12-13' in next door's garden before you get to the tree). I'm getting a letter from a surveyor to prove to the bloke next door that he has to cut his tree back or else it will damage my house but what I want to know is, if I cut back the roots AND the next door neighbour cuts the tree back, how long is it likely to be before the roots start to cause a problem again? What I don't want to do is cut the roots back, have a new patio put down and then and the same problem in a year.
Has anyone got any ideas/suggestions/advice please? Especially regarding the speed that the roots might return.
Thanks a lot everyone!
Dackers.
I've got the roots from next door's silver birch growing into my back garden and they've already damaged my patio quite extensively. Had a man round to quote for a new patio and he said that he could cut the roots back to the boundary (which will be about 3' - then there's another 12-13' in next door's garden before you get to the tree). I'm getting a letter from a surveyor to prove to the bloke next door that he has to cut his tree back or else it will damage my house but what I want to know is, if I cut back the roots AND the next door neighbour cuts the tree back, how long is it likely to be before the roots start to cause a problem again? What I don't want to do is cut the roots back, have a new patio put down and then and the same problem in a year.
Has anyone got any ideas/suggestions/advice please? Especially regarding the speed that the roots might return.
Thanks a lot everyone!
Dackers.