Legal question on trees on property line that could cause damage...

[Dftodd]

So you have some tall trees along your property line, say 100 feet tall. Your neighbor is not suppose to build anything within 100 feet? I don’t think that is reasonable and I bet the laws agree with me.

It's also reasonable to expect that if your neighbor does something on their property, that it's not gonna cost you money.

 

[2manyrocks]

People around here planted Leland Cyprus and they all blew down when a wind storm came through. They must not have much of a root system.

I suspect the problem could be the ground gets saturated this time of year, but the leland still has foilage that traps the wind so the wind is able to blow them over where a tree that doesn't have any foilage would survive the same wind.

The wind blew down a cedar tree in front of my house last week, but didn't blow down any of the other trees around it so I think the foilage caught the wind. I had been thinking about cutting the cedar, but got lucky because the wind planted it exactly where I would have tried to drop it.

 

[MossRoad]

You think these trees cause a disagreement here on TBN? Read this! Yikes!

From here:

Leyland cypress - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Legal aspects[edit]​

The plant's rapid growth and great potential height can become a serious problem. In 2005 in the United Kingdom, an estimated 17,000 people were at loggerheads over high hedges, which led to violence and in at least one case murder, when in 2001, retired Environment Agency officer Llandis Burdon, 57, was shot dead after an alleged dispute over a leylandii hedge in Talybont-on-Usk, Powys.[18]

Part VIII of the United Kingdom's Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003, introduced in 2005, gave a way for people in England and Wales affected by high hedges (usually, but not necessarily, of leylandii) to ask their local authority to investigate complaints about the hedges, and gave the authorities in England and Wales power to have the hedges reduced in height.[24] In May 2008, UK resident Christine Wright won a 24-year legal battle to have her neighbour's leylandii trees cut down for blocking sunlight to her garden.[25]

Legislation with similar effect followed in Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Scotland.

 

[Torvy]

As a tangent, I am looking for a good screen to plant along my property on the side adjacent to the road. Maybe these would be a good option for me?

 

[riptides]

As a tangent, I am looking for a good screen to plant along my property on the side adjacent to the road. Maybe these would be a good option for me?

Yes. And or giant green arborvitaes.

 

[RjCorazza]

As a tangent, I am looking for a good screen to plant along my property on the side adjacent to the road. Maybe these would be a good option for me?

Other than planting mine 5' too close to the property line, my Leland Cyprus trees have been great for us. I forget the gallon size they were when planted, but they were around a foot or two. It took a few years to grow up to 6 -8 feet and fill in, I would say by year 5 they were a nice screen. They are 20 some years old now and perhaps 30-40' (?) high.

 

[Torvy]

Nice. 6-8' would be fine. 30-40' will still be shorter than my pines.

 

[m7040]

Still need to get my shoulder replaced, working a chainsaw for more than 20-30 minutes and I'm in pain for a couple of days, so I wait until I need some "big work" to do before calling a tree guy.

Did you get a doctor to diagnose your shoulder pains?

 

[Sigarms]

Did you get a doctor to diagnose your shoulder pains?

Remember it well. 13-14 years ago, me and 2 buddies on the upper Gauley on a summer release, running a pretty high level as they needed to dump some water. Next day, shoulder was killing me (I was pretty a pretty good paddler back then, but running a low volume play boat in some bigger water gave my shoulders a pretty big workout).

Next week went in for the pain, arthritis in the shoulder. Hmmm...6-8 years ago, full shoulder replacement was the recommendation from two different guys. 3rd time and 3rd x-ray, the guy didn't even have to look hard to tell me my shoulder is shot.

The issue is I've been told I'm a bad candidate because I can still get by and I may not be pleased with the operation afterwards because for the most part, as long as I watch myself, I can deal with the pain.

However, found out a while ago when I'm working a chainsaw or kayaking or any other heavy "regular" lifting, I'll be in pain at night to the point where it's hard to sleep.

At my age (late 50's), I'll most likely wait until I hit my mid to late 60's. By that time, figure I'll still work part time doing stuff I love, but I won't be expected to go up on commercial buildings anymore LOL

 

[m7040]

Remember it well. 13-14 years ago, me and 2 buddies on the upper Gauley on a summer release, running a pretty high level as they needed to dump some water. Next day, shoulder was killing me (I was pretty a pretty good paddler back then, but running a low volume play boat in some bigger water gave my shoulders a pretty big workout).

Next week went in for the pain, arthritis in the shoulder. Hmmm...6-8 years ago, full shoulder replacement was the recommendation from two different guys. 3rd time and 3rd x-ray, the guy didn't even have to look hard to tell me my shoulder is shot.

The issue is I've been told I'm a bad candidate because I can still get by and I may not be pleased with the operation afterwards because for the most part, as long as I watch myself, I can deal with the pain.

However, found out a while ago when I'm working a chainsaw or kayaking or any other heavy "regular" lifting, I'll be in pain at night to the point where it's hard to sleep.

At my age (late 50's), I'll most likely wait until I hit my mid to late 60's. By that time, figure I'll still work part time doing stuff I love, but I won't be expected to go up on commercial buildings anymore LOL

As long as you can manage the pain you should be OK for now
I am seeing a doctor next week for my shoulder pains. Will see what he says. Hoping for an easy fix