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Tree Surgeons

An arborist, often known as a tree surgeon, is a specialist who works with individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other permanent woody plants to cultivate, maintain, and study them. Rather than managing forests or extracting timber, tree surgeons focus on the health and safety of individual trees. Tree surgeons may perform tasks such as tree planting, transplanting, trimming, avoiding, or halting grazing or predation, stump grinding, structural support, preventing or detecting and treating disease, installing lightning protection, and removing dangerous or invasive trees. Many tree surgeons use ropes, harnesses, and other equipment such as lifts and cranes to climb trees, while others may only give consultancy services.

Tree Surgery- How much does it cost?

Since each tree is unique in terms of size, type, position, and closeness to roads or buildings, tree surgery expenses vary significantly. Tree felling and crown reduction services are typically billed per tree, although other more specialised treatments might be invoiced on an hourly basis starting at roughly £40 per hour. If you want to gather some cost estimates, we recommend looking at various online tree surgery calculators or pricing guides.

 Always get several quotes when pricing a job and make sure they include a clear and complete description of the work to be done, the total cost of the work, whether VAT is included, who is responsible for wood debris, who is responsible for obtaining permission if necessary, and a full risk assessment of the measures to be taken to ensure that no damage to persons or property will be caused.

Non-qualified contractors posing as tree surgeons can readily do lasting harm to trees that have taken many years to mature. Unfortunately, anybody may advertise themselves as a tree surgeon in the local newspaper. Tree falling and tree surgery, on the other hand, are sophisticated procedures that need a high level of technical expertise and experience.

Choosing a Tree Surgeon

Since tree felling and tree surgery are sophisticated procedures that need extensive training and experience, it is critical that you pick someone with the necessary qualifications and experience. Discuss the work with the tree surgeon in detail and ask for references or suggestions. Also, be sure they have proper insurance and can give training credentials. Check to see if the tree surgeon follows British guidelines (BS 3998:1989 and 5837:1991). Always get a detailed price and make sure that any machinery rental costs, such as chipping equipment, are included.

If you are thinking of removing a tree, check with your local government to see if it is protected; if you are not sure, a good tree surgeon can help. If it is in a conservation area, make sure there's official approval from a local authority tree officer, and look for a risk assessment that identifies potential dangers like electricity lines and danger to the public.

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