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Posted by Sheldon on August 30, 2008, 7:14 pm
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> >> I have a tall (~60 feet) fir tree next to my house. It has grown to th=
e
> > point where the branches are starting to touch the side of the house, e=
ven
> >> though the base of the tree is ~10 feet from the house. What is the be=
st
> >> way
> >> to trim the branches - remove them at the trunk, or just cut them enou=
gh
> >> so
> >> they are no longer near the house? If I start removing branches that g=
row
> >> enough to touch the house, eventually I will have chopped off most of =
the
> >> branches on that side of the tree. I'm thinking I should just cut them
> >> off
> >> so they are not too close to the house.
> > Get rid of that tree, you're looking for trouble.
>
> I live in Oregon. Tree central. The bleading heart activists would firebo=
mb
> my house if I cut it down :-(
>
> On a more serious note - I live in a small town in the Wilamatte Valley,
> Oregon (Lebanon, about =EF=BF=BD40 miles SSE of Salem, which is about 50 =
miles south
> of Portland) where the city enacts draconian rules and regulations. They
> won't let me remove it, and it's not worth the legal fight it would take =
to
> get permission. Out of curiosity...what kind of trouble could this cause?
It could fall on your house, and possibly squash people inside like
bugs. And being so close to a house foundation it would have poorly
established roots on the house side. It could fall away from the
house but it can just as likely fall towards the house, depends a lot
on windage, it's too much of a crap shoot. And when your home
insurance adjuster comes to inspect they won't pay for any of the
damage because you did nothing to mitigate an obviously dangerous
condition. I somehow don't believe your municipality won't allow a
clear and present danger to be rectified... if they won't let you cut
it down as you claim why would I believe they will let you cut its
limbs.
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