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Leylandii

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Blue4YOU · 03/05/2021 18:05

Have any of you ever removed a /several Leylandii yourselves?
Did you have drainage issues afterwards?

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Beebumble2 · 03/05/2021 18:21

Yes and there were no drainage issues, but I did have to enrich the soil afterwards.

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Blue4YOU · 03/05/2021 20:42

Thanks!!!

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superoz · 03/05/2021 20:45

Had 3 2m tall Leylandii in a row chopped down by a tree surgeon. Stumps ground out as well and no drainage issues.

Tambora · 04/05/2021 17:47

Mil's neighbour had theirs taken out, and Mil has had problems with heave. Cracks in her garage wall and floor, and tiles off the bathroom end wall. It all had to be sorted out through insurance.

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Blue4YOU · 04/05/2021 18:26

Oh crikey @Tambora!!
We’re the trees very close to your MIL’s?
I live in a housing estate 😞

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Tambora · 04/05/2021 19:38

@Blue4YOU Quite close to her garage wall yes, less than 2 metres away. The garage was attached to the side of the house. It was her insurance company that asked them to cut the trees down in the first place, because they were causing her garage to subside. When they were taken out, the land rose up again and caused heave. A right nuisance and it took several years to sort out.

They are thirsty trees and dry the ground out so it sinks down over time. When they aren't there any more, the ground absorbs water normally again so it expands and rises back up, usually a lot more quickly. I think the same thing can be caused by other large trees too.

TheNoodlesIncident · 04/05/2021 19:41

We had a row of Leylandii at the foot of our garden, we took them out over the course of a few summer evenings. I think there were about five or six of them, about two metres high.

Fortunately they weren't deep rooted so we were able to do it with mattock, spades, etc. No heave or drainage problems associated before or after, we are on heavy clay soil though so drainage wasn't good to start with. We had a few trips to the local tip with trunks, branches and bits but it was all surprisingly straightforward and not as grim as we'd thought it would be.

Proudboomer · 04/05/2021 19:41

Around 9 years ago we chopped a monster one down that was at the bottom of our garden so quite away from the house. It was taller than the our house and hadn’t been touched for years.

No problems at all except it took a lot of compost and a good year or so to improve the soil enough that plants would grow there.

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