OPEN_796_EAONE_LANDSCAPE_SPECIFICATION 10 Aug 2016 APPENDIX 9
830 CLEANING OUT AND DEADWOODING • Remove: - Dead, dying, or diseased wood, broken branches and stubs. - Fungal growths and fruiting bodies. - Rubbish, wind blown or accumulated in branch forks. - Wires, clamps, boards and metal objects, if removable without causing further damage and not part of a support structure that is to be retained.
- Other unwanted objects, e.g. tree houses, swings. - Climbing plants Remove from young trees.
835 CUTTING AND PRUNING GENERALLY • Tools: Appropriate, well maintained and sharp. • Final pruning cuts: - Chainsaws: Do not use on branches of less than 50 mm diameter. - Hand saws: Form a smooth cut surface. - Anvil type secateurs: Do not use.
• Removing branches: Do not damage or tear the stem. • Wounds: Keep as small as possible, cut cleanly back to sound wood leaving a smooth surface, and angled so that water will not collect on the cut area.
• Cutting: Cut at a fork or at the main stem to avoid stumps wherever possible. Large branches: Remove only if unavoidable. - Remove in small sections and lower to ground with ropes and slings.
• Dead branches and stubs: When removing, do not cut into live wood. • Unsafe branches: Remove epicormic shoots and potentially weak forks that could fail in adverse weather conditions.
• Disease or fungus: Give notice if detected. Do not apply fungicide or sealant unless instructed.
855 CUTTING TREE ROOTS • Excavating: Use hand tools only. • Protected area: Do not cut roots within an area which is the larger of: - The branch spread of the tree. - An area with a radius of half the tree's height, measured from the trunk.
• Outside protected area: Give notice of roots exceeding 50 mm in diameter. Do not cut without approval.
• Cutting: - Cutting: Make clean smooth cuts with a hand saw. - Wounds: Minimize. Avoid ragged edges. - Finishing: Pare cut surfaces smooth with a sharp knife.
• Backfilling: - Protection: Cover cut roots with clean sharp sand. - Material: Backfill with original topsoil.
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