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Posted by on November 4, 2007, 7:51 am
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> > I am a first time home owner, so please excuse my ignorance. My house
> > is on a heavily treed lot. I have a several large oak trees which
> > hang over the roof and provide a great deal of shade for the
> > blistering Texas summer and keep my bills quite a bit lower than my
> > neighbors. At the same time however, I have been cautioned that the
> > leaves and twigs that fall on the roof can be hazardous long term to
> > the shingles. Should I consider having the trees trimmed back?
>
> Now you own trees, it is in your own interest to learn what
> they are and what you may expect, e.g. what species,
> how much larger they grow with each successive year,
> and how they interact with the house. You should hire
> an arborist for a half-hour session on all these points,
> write down what trimming may be desirable in 2008,
> 2009 and 2010, then find out next year which parts
> of the 2008 programme you can safely do yourself.
> Remember, (1) these trees grow every year indefinitely,
> (2) every tree develops weaknesses or diseases in
> time: you need to find out whether "time" is 10 years
> or 250 years.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
The one thing everyone should agree on is that none of the branches
should be contacting the roof or house. If so, they need to be
trimmed. Beyond that, it's a judgement call depending on what kind
of trees they are, how big they are, what condition the trees are in,
the local climate regarding violent storm potential and youir own
comfort level. Any trees that showed any obvious size of disease or
dying out that could fall and cause significant damage to the house
you should have removed.
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