Tree Removal in Crawley, Redhill, Reigate and all Locations in Horley, Surrey and Sussex
When trees are in a dangerous or a diseased condition, sit near to a property, prevent access during development or overhang roadsides, a call to our tree surgeons is a good place to start. At Heatherlands Tree Care, we offer tree removal services and adapt to conditions so that directional felling, or sectional dismantling, can be utilised.
These are two forms of tree surgery used to remove trees.
Individual areas covered by our company include:
Crawley | Horley | Redhill | Reigate
You can also use us for tree removal in all Surrey and Sussex areas.
Understandably, a tree surgeon will need to inspect an affected tree and check its proximity to hazards, evaluate its health and, when it is essential for tree removal to be performed, we consult with local authorities to ensure the specimen isn’t the subject of a TPO (Tree Preservation Order) and that it doesn’t sit in a conservation area.
Directional Felling
Your own impressions of tree removal work might have been influenced by what you have seen on the television, such as lumberjacks working with chainsaws who cut into the trunk at strategic points so that a tree falls in a controlled direction. This is known as a directional felling technique, and it is used by a tree surgeon wherever the job dictates that trees fall without damaging nearby properties onsite.
The fall should also factor in the surrounding landscape and whether directional tree removal will cause damage to other trees or plants.
- The tree surgeons cut a wedge-shaped notch into a trunk’s side around 1/3 of the way in so it falls in an expected direction
- A strip of uncut wood remains between the notch, and the other side of the tree. This acts like a hinge once the fall begins
- The final step of this tree surgery process sees arborists use cuts to the opposite side above the horizontal part of a notch
We can finish a directional tree removal in Crawley, Horley, Redhill or Reigate, or in the surrounding areas, by inserting felling wedges into the back cut, which a tree surgeon drives with a mallet so the tree’s centre of gravity forces it to fall in the correct direction.
Sectional Dismantling
Unlike directional felling, we use sectional dismantling as our tree removal method when the specimen sits close to homes, businesses and outbuildings, or if a landscape needs to be protected. Instead of a tree surgeon felling the entire tree at once, climbing gear, rigging equipment and mobile-elevated work platforms (MEWP) are used to take the tree down, in sections, by cutting the branches and the trunk.
This is done in sections.
The arborist climbs the tree, removes the limbs and lowers them down to a ground crew. This keeps conditions safe for key stakeholders.
- Tree surgeons survey a site to evaluate the height of the tree and its structure, and surrounding hazards such as powerlines
- Safe zones are demarcated so that personnel won’t incur injury in areas when the branches and logs are lowered to the ground
- Rigging systems, including pulleys, ropes, friction devices or slings control the descent of limbs during tree removal phases
- Starting at the top of the crown, the smaller lateral branches are cleared to decrease wind resistance and the tree’s weight
- With the crown gone, drop-cut or step-cut tree surgery methods see limbs tied to rigging ropes and lowered to the ground crew
- During this form of tree removal, the ground crew continues to clear waste so an entire site is kept safe, tidy and organised
If you have been looking for the services of a tree surgeon but have struggled to find a company in Crawley, Horley, Redhill, Reigate and the surrounding areas, call Heatherlands Tree Care today. We offer a choice of tree removal and tree surgery services, bringing solutions to site which highlight our team’s aptitude for arboricultural care.
These services include stump grinding to clear remnants.
We also specialise in seasonal hedge trimming and hedge removal, and make provisions at all times so as not to disturb nesting birds.
