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>From: the removal of large trees in confined spaces and small gardens; dead wooding; crown reduction; reshaping and balancing of trees, to: pollarding; felling, cable bracing and sympathetic pruning of specimen trees – we provide an extensive and professional arboricultural service.
Our service includes a site visit and preliminary survey with every quotation - both of which are free and without obligation.
When we carry out the site inspection, we will advise and consult with you to ensure the most appropriate service is suggested to achieve your requirements. This is balanced with ensuring the health of the tree, aesthetics, conservation, health and safety, and legal requirements are also taken into consideration.
We leave your site as you would expect – the work is carried out as instructed, and your garden is left as we found it – clean and tidy.
Please click through our quick reference section below for the more technical stuff and detail on our services! Take a look through our
testimonial section; we’ve probably worked in your street already, so ask your neighbours about us too!
Any questions? Check out our
FAQs section or give us a call.
We were amazed at their speed, skill and tidiness. From quotation to completion we have found your company to be very professional indeed.
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- Bracing
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Bracing
the installation of a wire or nylon cable between two stems or limbs to alleviate weight or stress from a weak section of the tree
- Crown Reduction
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Crown Reduction
sometimes referred to as topping or crowning. The overall reduction in size of a tree’s canopy (height and width etc)
- Crown re-shaping and balancing
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Crown re-shaping and balancing
the reduction of lateral and vertical limbs to achieve a symmetrical balanced canopy
- Crown Thinning
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Crown Thinning
removal of, usually small diameter, limbs from within the canopy of the tree, to allow more light to penetrate. Usually expressed as a percentage of the amount of the canopy to be taken (i.e. 20% crown thinning would be the removal of approx 1 in 5 branches)
- Dead-wooding
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Dead-wooding
the removal of all major deadwood (<25mm diameter) from the canopy and stems from trees
- Die-back
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Die-back
the defoliation and death of limbs within the canopy, usually on mature trees
- Directional Pruning
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Directional Pruning
the reduction or removal of limbs to promote growth in a given direction i.e. away from power lines or other targets
- Doing our bit for the environment
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Doing our bit for the environment
our environmental policy includes recycling all our waste. Any waste generated from our arboricultural operations, is recycled for firewood logs, biomass fuels or landscaping woodchips and timber for our on-site saw mills (a mobile saw mill service is also available.)
- Epicormic growth
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Epicormic growth
numerous new shoots growing on the stem and main limbs due to harsh pruning or die-back higher in the canopy
- Formative Pruning
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Formative Pruning
usually the first prune of a young tree to establish a symmetrical balanced canopy
- Health & Safety
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Health & Safety
We maintain a strict health and safety policy with all staff able to carry out clear and informative full on-site risk assessments on a daily basis. There is a company health and safety policy which is available on request.
- Health and safety, risk assessments
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Health and safety, risk assessments
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- Insurance
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Insurance
1st Call is covered by £10 million in Public Liability and £10 Million Employers Liability insurance.
- Our Teams
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Our Teams
our staff are trained in every aspect of arboriculture, not just in using a chainsaw! A dedicated lead supervisor is selected for each project, and we see continuity as key to the success of any assignment. We pride ourselves on our staff turnover which is very low for the industry
- Pollarding
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Pollarding
the major reduction of a mature tree, back to the main scaffold branches, an aggressive pruning technique in an attempt to promote re-growth only suitable for certain species (e.g. Lime)
- TPO
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TPO
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- Tree Preservation and Conservation Zone Orders
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Tree Preservation and Conservation Zone Orders
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- We listen, we advise, we care, above all …. attention to detail.
- Approachable, skilled and efficient teams
- Our teams have over 100 years experience between them!
- We do the job, no fuss, no disruption, leaving your garden clean and tidy.
- We have strict health and safety policies and carry out full on-site risk assessments
- Our reputation precedes us – just ask your neighbours!
- We are professional by nature
- Free estimates and site visits with no obligation