Storm Franklin Causes Havoc On Hill Street, Ashby de la Zouch.
Storm Franklin caused havoc on Hill Street
As storms lashed the UK this week, a customer from Hill Street, found themselves in a desperate situation.
During the storm on Monday 21st Feb the force of the wind sadly caused a large, mature Beech Tree to uproot and fall onto our clients beautiful 16 century, listed thatched cottage. The tree was at least 100 years old.
Initial Emergency Response
Ashby Fire and Rescue were immediately called to the scene, closing the road and ensuring that members of the public were not put at further risk. Leicester County Council then arrived to cut back any branches overhanging the road ensuring that it could be safely opened again.
Eden Arrives and Assessment Begins:
Eden were called to the site on Tuesday in order to assess the scale of the job and answer the question "How do we remove such a large tree, sitting with its entire weight on a house?".
It became immediately clear that we were going to need the assistance of our local crane contractor, Ashby Crane Hire Solutions in order to hoist the timber off the house.
Massive thank you to them for dropping everything to visit the site and confirming that we would need a 60 tonne crane to complete the job safely.
We also got in touch with our friends at Cuckoo Gap to supply a haulage tractor to extract the timber, since our vehicles were dealing with other emergency jobs elsewhere.
Another problem:
In addition it was clear that the large Turkey Oak tree growing next to the fallen Beech had become unstable.
This was a concern, due to its proximity to the properties on Tower Gardens.
After discussion on site with the LCC Tree Officer, and despite the tree having a protection order in place, permission was granted to remove this additional tree on the grounds of safety.
Wednesday and Work Begins:
With a plan in place it was time to get this job sorted! A small army of men arrived on site including 3 men form Ashby Crane Hire Solutions; managing Crane operations, 1 man from Cuckoo Gap; operating the haulage tractor and last but certainly not least, the J team from Eden!
Consisting of Jonathan Ferrie (Senior Climber), Jack Tivey (Senior Groundsman) and Jack Hollins (Groundsman).
Starting with the Beech tree, Jonathan Ferrie and his team worked with an exceptional level of skill to extract the tree in 2-4 tonne sections at a time.
This is highly skilled work as any wrong move could cause additional structural damage to the property. The lads tackled it with their usual level of professionalism and the Beech Tree was removed without further damage.
Nearly finished:
Now it was time to remove the remaining unstable Turkey Oak Tree, still standing but posing a serious threat to neighbouring properties. Jon and his team once again sprang in to action the tree was dismantled in sections and removed using the crane.
What a week!
Well it was certainly a memorable job and a brilliant example of trusted local companies working together to achieve an efficient, successful result.
Also special thanks to our dedicated, skilled men who made light work of what could have been a very difficult and dangerous job, you have our full respect!
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Storm Franklin caused havoc on Hill Street
As storms lashed the UK this week, a customer from Hill Street, found themselves in a desperate situation.
During the storm on Monday 21st Feb the force of the wind sadly caused a large, mature Beech Tree to uproot and fall onto our clients beautiful 16 century, listed thatched cottage. The tree was at least 100 years old.
Initial Emergency Response
Ashby Fire and Rescue were immediately called to the scene, closing the road and ensuring that members of the public were not put at further risk. Leicester County Council then arrived to cut back any branches overhanging the road ensuring that it could be safely opened again.
Eden Arrives and Assessment Begins:
Eden were called to the site on Tuesday in order to assess the scale of the job and answer the question "How do we remove such a large tree, sitting with its entire weight on a house?".
It became immediately clear that we were going to need the assistance of our local crane contractor, Ashby Crane Hire Solutions in order to hoist the timber off the house.
Massive thank you to them for dropping everything to visit the site and confirming that we would need a 60 tonne crane to complete the job safely.
We also got in touch with our friends at Cuckoo Gap to supply a haulage tractor to extract the timber, since our vehicles were dealing with other emergency jobs elsewhere.
Another problem:
In addition it was clear that the large Turkey Oak tree growing next to the fallen Beech had become unstable.
This was a concern, due to its proximity to the properties on Tower Gardens.
After discussion on site with the LCC Tree Officer, and despite the tree having a protection order in place, permission was granted to remove this additional tree on the grounds of safety.
Wednesday and Work Begins:
With a plan in place it was time to get this job sorted! A small army of men arrived on site including 3 men form Ashby Crane Hire Solutions; managing Crane operations, 1 man from Cuckoo Gap; operating the haulage tractor and last but certainly not least, the J team from Eden!
Consisting of Jonathan Ferrie (Senior Climber), Jack Tivey (Senior Groundsman) and Jack Hollins (Groundsman).
Starting with the Beech tree, Jonathan Ferrie and his team worked with an exceptional level of skill to extract the tree in 2-4 tonne sections at a time.
This is highly skilled work as any wrong move could cause additional structural damage to the property. The lads tackled it with their usual level of professionalism and the Beech Tree was removed without further damage.
Nearly finished:
Now it was time to remove the remaining unstable Turkey Oak Tree, still standing but posing a serious threat to neighbouring properties. Jon and his team once again sprang in to action the tree was dismantled in sections and removed using the crane.
What a week!
Well it was certainly a memorable job and a brilliant example of trusted local companies working together to achieve an efficient, successful result.
Also special thanks to our dedicated, skilled men who made light work of what could have been a very difficult and dangerous job, you have our full respect!
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