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Frequenty Asked Questions

What does a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) mean?
If your tree has a TPO you will need to apply to the council for permission before you have any work done. The council will either approve, reject or stipulate what work can be done. Once you have accepted a quote from Roecliffe Tree Surgery, we can apply for permission on your behalf at no extra cost.

What is a conservation area?
Effectively, every tree in a conservation area has a Tree Preservation Order and permission for work must be obtained by the local authority. If your property is covered under a conservation area we will apply to the council before undertaking any work. The council will either approve, reject or stipulate what work can be done.

When should trees / hedges be cut?
There are many different species of trees. Different trees and hedges should or can be cut at different times. If you’re not sure when to cut your tree contact us for our free professional advice.

How do I know if my tree is diseased?
There are many different diseases, some specific to certain species and some are not. A common sign is die back, this is where the tree dies back from the outer twigs and foliage and works it way down the tree

My neighbour’s trees overhang my boundary. What can I do?
In many cases like this you should be certain on where your boundary is, fences or walls are not always a definite boundary. Once you are sure where your boundary lies we advise that you speak to the owner of the tree as they may wish to arrange the work themselves. However you are within your rights to cut the tree back to your boundary provided it is not covered by a tree preservation order. By law you should return the cutting to the owner of the tree.

What responsibilities do I have as a tree owner?
If a tree is growing within the boundary of your property, you have a responsibility to ensure it is in a safe state. As a tree owner you have a responsibility that your tree does not cause damage or injury to others. In law this is dealt with under Common Law Duty.

Can I get a quotation over the phone?
It is practically impossible to give a quote over the phone. Our pricing is dependant on many different issues to ensure you get our best possible quote.

When is the best time to prune my fruit tree?
The best time to prune a fruit tree is in their dormant season, this is when the tree's leaves have fallen off, usually between October and February.

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Roecliffe Landscaping & Tree Surgery - Roecliffe Landscaping and Tree Surgery, Our aim is to provide you with a professional friendly reliable and competitive service, customer satisfaction is our priority. Please read through our website and take a look at the services our company provides, it would be our pleasure to be of service to you and provide a free competitive quotation. - Block paving leicester, driveways leicester, slabbing and patios leicester, landscaping leicester, water features leicester, planting schemes leicester, flower beds leicester, fencing leicester, turfing leicester, irrigation systems leicester Page Loading Roecliffe Landscaping & Tree Surgery Tel: 01509 890079 Mob: 07921 381902 Email: charlie.roecliffe@yahoo.co.uk * Home * About * Tree Surgery * Landscaping * Contact * Tree Services * Stump Grinding * Logs for Sale * Log Splitter Hire * Gallery Roecliffe Tree Surgery Image We undertake a large variety of Tree Services. If you don't find what you are after, contact us as we can always cater for different needs. Tree Felling In our working environment this is normally done by dismantling a section at a time due to the lack of space usually available around the tree, using lowering devices trees in confined areas can be removed without damaging the area. Tree Pruning Formative pruning and the select removal of problem branches, thereby reducing the height and or spread of the tree, leaving it with a more attractive and healthier structure. Re-shaping Pruning a tree or shrub sympathetically to re-establish an aesthetically pleasing shape. This usually necessary when a tree has not been maintained for some time or has been pruned incorrectly in the past. Tree Reduction A Complete reduction of the size of the tree by the careful removal of the outer crown to produce a smaller sized canopy. Crown lifting The removal of lower branches to lift the crown height. This is often used to provide clearance for pedestrians or buildings. This is normally achieved by removing the lowest branches of the crown to a specified height. Crown Reduction A crown reduction (usually expressed in percentage terms rarely more than 30%) is a decrease in the extent of the crown spread. This is carried out sensitively to retain an attractive shape. As a result the entire crown is reduced in height and spread, and also cut back to suitable growth points. Crown Thinning Removing branches from the crown of a tree without reducing the height or the spread. This prevents the tree from becoming too dense, stops the tree from casting too much shade and is a useful method for allowing more daylight into nearby properties whilst retaining the tree’s size. It also helps the wind to blow through a tree that may be susceptible to wind damage. Whilst crown thinning, we also remove any deadwood and defective branches. Pollarding This is a tree surgery technique for controlling a tree’s size. This method is often used for street trees and trees in a confined area. It involves the removal of branches at a given height. The tree is unsightly until foliage regrows from the branch stubs. The sprouting foliage develops into a new dense, but weaker branch system. Pollarding must be carried out regularly for safety reasons and to maintain the tree to the desired size. Site clearance Remove trees and shrub from brown field land or allocated construction sites. providing access for future construction and compliant with legal wildlife protection schemes. Hedge Cutting Trimming off and removing new growth from the hedge, using petrol hedge trimmers, leaving a neat edge. Hedge Reduction Reducing the hedge in height and/or width. This involves cutting the thicker, woody stems of the hedge using chainsaws. The hedge is then trimmed and neatened up with hedge cutters. Dead wooding The removal for safety reasons of any dead wood from the tree’s crown. Deadwood can soon be dislodged in the wind and can cause damage or injury. Wood Chipping We process the smaller tree waste through a wood chipper. The wood chips are directed straight into our vehicle where we take it away. Alternatively, we can leave them in a pile for your own use on request. We can also chip tree waste that you have created. Stump grinding Stump grinding and stump disposal. We use the very latest compact stump grinders, so limited access is not an issue, as we only need a minimum access width of 26 inches. © 2009 Roecliffe Landscaping | Design by: HS Web Solutions | Home | Landscaping | Tree Surgery | Contact Landscaping is a very overall term for all the work discussed below, however no job is to big or to small, and if it isn’t mentioned in the discussion below, we probably do offer the service, so please so not hesitate to call us about any services we can provide. Designing you garden to suit your needs is essential, and here at Roecliffe Landscaping we can help design your perfect garden, from a simple patio and lawn to the more complex designs including shapes, levels and planting plans. Slabbing and patios are a great asset to your garden, creating flat dry and clean areas for your relaxation, barbequing, etc. When slabbing, creating a driveway or having a patio installed it is essential to have the correct sub-base put it to suit your needs for that area and purpose. When choosing to have slabbing or a patio put into your garden, it is very important to take your time and study the wide variety of slabs and bricks available. Fencing is a very important factor in the garden, not only marking out your boundary but also creating privacy, it can also be quite a main focal point of the garden. Fencing should enhance the beauty of your garden and create the privacy that you desire. It is important to use quality fencing panels and timbers that have been treated correctly. Fencing can be treated with a variety of colours to provide protection and ambiance. Decking can create space and have a positive impact on a garden, creating space that is suitable for outdoor dining, barbequing and seating areas. Decking can be a great asset to gardens that are very uneven or have inclines. The height of decking can easily be shaped to suit your needs. When creating a decking area is it important to use a good quality timber that has had the correct preservative treatments, It is also important to treat decking on a regular basis in order to extend its life, ideally decking should be treated every year to help prevent the effects of the wood decay. Turfing is the main finishing point to most landscaping projects once other work in the garden has been completed. Other needs maybe for re-turfing an existing lawn due to the poor quality of the existing lawn maybe due to being overgrown with moss, lawn weeds or the fact that the existing lawn is uneven under foot and full of potholes. By turfing or re-turfing a garden a new fine lush green lawn can quickly be achieved that can be ready to use in as little as a month. There are two very important factors involved in turfing: The first being the quality or the soil that it is to be laid on, while turf can be laid straight on the soil that has been on the ground compacting for some time, it is important that the soil should be rotovated and broken up in to a fine tilth and any stone and other material removed from the soil thus improving the quality and also creating a soft base that the turf can easily root into, while the soil has also been rotovated any differences in levels can also the raked out to create a flatter and pothole free lawn. Irrigation systems here in England are becoming more and more popular with our ever increasing busy lifestyles and yet the need to still water out gardens, hanging baskets and bedding plants throughout the dry summer months. Our climate is also changing to a much warmer and more tropical style climate, in which the need for these systems is essential for our plants and flowers to bloom successfully at there best.Using only the best quality Claber irrigation systems thus ensuring that the watering is consistent and timed. Claber irrigation systems are discreet and save hours of time watering and wasted money in lost plants and hanging baskets. Claber systems come equipped with watering timers, these can be altered throughout the year as the weather changes, along with any heat waves and torrential downpours that we may experience. Rain sensors can also be connected into the systems in order for them to automatically adjust themselves to allow more or less watering depending on the amount rain that has fallen.Claber irrigation systems also com with a huge range of end nozzles available such as: Drippers, sprinklers and misters depending on the type of area that you are trying to irrigate. 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Surrounded by open countryside, it is in the heart of 'Quorn ... more details Illston on the Hill The village is a very old one. It was originally a Saxon settlement and it was mentioned in the Domesday Book. ... more details Keyham Keyham, in the past variously spelled Keam, Keame and Cayham, is a small village of some 55 houses, lying approximately six miles east of Leicester. ... more details Kibworth Beauchamp Kibworth Beauchamp is situated to the south of the A6 road, six north-west of Market Harborough and nine miles south of Leicester. It is adjacent to i... more details Kibworth Harcourt People have lived in Kibworth Harcourt, eight miles south of Leicester, for a very long time. 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The Red Lion Inn on the A6, a very old coaching inn, is also known as 'The Half Way House'. Th... more details Saddington Saddington stands on high ground some nine miles to the south-east of Leicester, midway between that town and Market Harborough. It has a current popu... more details Scraptoft The original hamlet, population 60, consisted of Manor Farm and cottages on Scraptoft Rise; the Hall, with its dower house, Nether Hall, built in 1709... more details Shangton About ten miles southeast of Leicester, Shangton is a small village and always has been. At present there are eight households with a population of 21... more details Shearsby Shearsby is a small village of Saxon origin (Cherisbye) with about 200 inhabitants. The village lies in a valley nine miles south of Leicester. The ho... more details Skeffington If you drive east along the A47 from Leicester, at the end of the Billesdon bypass you will enter the parish of Skeffington. On your right, standing i... more details Smeeton Westerby Smeeton Westerby is a small village in the middle of Fernie Hunt country, lying about nine miles south east of Leicester and less than a mile from its... more details The Langtons There are five Langtons near Market Harborough, to the southeast of Leicester; Church, Thorpe, Thorpe, East, West and Tur Langton. ... more details Theddingworth The small village of Theddingworth, with a population of about 160, is on the busy main road from Market Harborough to Lutterworth, about 12 miles sou... more details Thrussington Thrussington is situated in the valley of the river Wreake, at the centrepoint of a triangle between Leicester, Loughborough and Melton Mowbray. Trave... more details Thurcaston Thurcaston, spelt 'Thurkiteleston' in the Domesday Book, was, at that time, part of a small lordship, and lay along what is now Mill Road and Anstey L... more details Thurlaston Thurlaston is a small village of some 600 souls. It could be said to be a typical English village, as it has a post office and general store, a Church... more details Thurnby, Bushby & Stoughton The twin villages of Thurnby and Bushby, originally on the south side of the Uppingham turnpike (A47), are now on both sides, and almost joined to Lei... more details Tilton-on-the-Hill Tilton-on-the-Hill is situated midway between Leicester and Oakham at the crossing of two ancient tracks which are believed to date from the Bronze Ag... more details Welham The small village of Welham, which has a population of about 36, lies on the Leicestershire side of the river Welland about four miles north-east of M... more details Whetstone Engulfed by suburban Leicester, and still subject to housing developments, the old village of Whetstone lies five miles south-west of the city of Leic... more details Wigston Magna Just south of Leicester, Wigston Magna was previously known as Wigston Two Steeples, being distinguished for centuries by two churches, each with its ... more details Willoughby Waterleys Willoughby Waterleys is a small village some eight miles due south of Leicester. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book but it has never been large or o... more details