Hedge Removal and Fencing

[shelaghb]

I know this is a bit of a tall order, but I thought it worth a try. I live in the North of England and want a Leylandii Hedge removing (8' high) and fencing panels installing.

As I have absolutely know idea what cost this would be I wonder if anyone could put me right as to how much per metre this type of works costs. There are two runs required, one 6 Metres and the other 10 Metres, with a fence about 8' high.

It is just to give me some idea what to expect from quotes.

Any help would be really appreciated.

 

[alwest197]

I live in the Midlands and did almost the same thing only this week. 18 Metres of fence..

I also had to remove leylandii hedge (15') although the fence was 2 metres behind the hedge so I could put up the fence before taking down the hedge.

I used 6' feather board fence panels, 12" concrete gravel boards and 9' concrete posts.

Total cost of panels, gravel boards and posts was £400 delivered.
Cost to erect including all post concrete and a couple of extra bits to shore up a stream edge was £300 all in.

I'm removing the hedge myself. I first removed branches up to 7' then dug around the base to show any large roots. I used a bow saw to cut through the large roots and chopped the smaller roots through with a spade. Then pushed and pulled holding the tree at about the 6' mark. I was quite suprised how easy this was, Takes a bit of muscle power but nowhere near as much as I expected.

I've done 6 of the 14 so far and expect to finish the others over the weekend....takes about 30-40 mins per tree.

I have a use for the tree trunks so don't need to get rid of them I'm cutting up the branches and taking them to the local tip.

 

[alwest197]

It was actually 22 metres of fence, I forgot the two returns (facing back up the garden) which I put in.

 

[shelaghb]

Thanks very much Alwest197 - does give me some sort of guideline

 

[RedHerring2]

You could save yourself a bit of the muscle work by using a winch, whether attached to a vehicle, or a Torfor winch, or similar.
Just put a chain around the trunk about 2 metres high. They'll not only pull over quite easily, but also save you some digging/root cutting. With continued winching, you can pull them right out of the ground, roots and all.
You'll need another anchor point, obviously, but this can be as simple as a ground anchor.