when i went out this morning shopping every thing was ok.I returned hopme to find street force cutting the branches off the tree out side my house.Ijust knew some thing was wrong.the dozy pillocks had dropped a branch straight through the back window of the car.

Thate treemendous.

Check carefully for other damage, make sure they fix it all.

It's good to see a decent amount of tree maintenance at last.
In my view they should pollard many of the large older trees, like they did in greenhill. The trees live longer and it allows more light in to people's homes.

I came home to a situation similar, in that they let the tree fall onto my fence (no way as bad as a car) but it broke it, this was last April, after countless phone calls and letters I still can't get anyone to repair it and we still have a broken fence, so I don't envy you one bit.

Even though it wasn't my fault I still have to do all the running of getting quotes and submit it to their insurers, which has proved impossible.

I fear for my roof as they won't pollard the tree and it rocks like mad very near to the house and we live in a very very windy location, so if ever it fell onto the house I dread to think what the situation would be.

I wish you lots of luck

just to let you know some one from street force has been out and have had my car taken for a new window.how great

That's what you get for letting ex-convicts loose with chainsaws.

wish they'd chop the tree down that grows outside our house! Tripped over roots that brought pavement up and before that wrote car off by reversing into the flaming thing. Why do they let huge tree's like this grow so near to houses? Would'nt mind but have planted four little tree's in my garden, ones that won't grow more than 6ft not like this giant at 30ft plus. So it would be no loss.

After my grump.....you will be covered by they're insurance surely, so get a claim in!
May be worth street force considering the total removal of these tree's, as it may cost them more in compo claims in the long run.

May be worth street force considering the total removal of these tree'sSeriously?

I personally like the trees and think they're pretty useful. Although they should be maintained properly. Surely this is covered by our extortionate council tax bills?

Seriously?

I personally like the trees and think they're pretty useful. Although they should be maintained properly. Surely this is covered by our extortionate council tax bills?

Tree's are perfectly fine in the right setting, main problem is these particular one's were planted in the 1940's when the estate was built. They are simply the wrong type of tree...HUGE & nearly 70 years old.
The pavements all over this estate have been affected and damaged by the roots, making it a very dodgey place to walk, especially for the elderly.

Pollarding maintains the crown of the tree, but if one considers that the root system covers over double the area of the crown and these tree's are no more than twenty feet from the property........one has serious worries.

I'm not against tree's at all, I simply think that they all should be replaced by smaller, more friendly tree,s like flowering cherry or such like.

One should have forest tree's in the forest and not on housing estate roads, that are only just wide enough for two cars to pass.

Lack of maintenance,

er leave the tree alone and move your house, you can put a house up in a couple of weeks how long is it gonna take you to grow a 70 year old tree?

er leave the tree alone and move your house, you can put a house up in a couple of weeks how long is it gonna take you to grow a 70 year old tree?

70 years, at a guess:hihi:

wish they'd chop the tree down that grows outside our house! Tripped over roots that brought pavement up and before that wrote car off by reversing into the flaming thing. Why do they let huge tree's like this grow so near to houses? Would'nt mind but have planted four little tree's in my garden, ones that won't grow more than 6ft not like this giant at 30ft plus. So it would be no loss.

After my grump.....you will be covered by they're insurance surely, so get a claim in!
May be worth street force considering the total removal of these tree's, as it may cost them more in compo claims in the long run.

You could always try another branch :hihi:.

Am I right in thinking that Sheffield City Council have started using wood for fuel in some of their houses, and that this latest flurry of tree chopping activity has been happening since then? Don't know the full details, if someone could tell me?

It seems that trees sometimes take presidence over other things, for example a few years ago my mum lived in a council house which had a huge tree outside (not in the garden, by the side of the road) The roots of the tree were growing onder the house and were making it subside, after a few months of umming and ahhing, the council decided that the house needed to go because they couldn't chop down the tree!

Glad to hear that they are repairing you car without a fuss though, I wonder if it comes out of the wages of whoever did it?

wish they'd chop the tree down that grows outside our house! Tripped over roots that brought pavement up OK, fair enoughand before that wrote car off by reversing into the flaming thing.
How is this the trees fault? Surely the tree did its part by being massive and unmissable??