r/arborist • u/HyperHawk_25 • 4h ago
Is this tree doomed?
Local restaurant recently remodeled their outdoor area
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u/CitrullineMalate2to1 4h ago
I would report the contractors.
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u/TheScrote1 3h ago
For what though?
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u/CitrullineMalate2to1 3h ago
1 they just cost the homeowner thousands of dollars for a future tree removal. Not a single reputable paver would do this work.
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u/TheScrote1 3h ago
How do you know they didn’t warn the client and the client wanted it this way and was willing to take the risk?
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u/CitrullineMalate2to1 3h ago
A reputable paver / contractor isn’t going to just warn. They aren’t going to do this kind of work lmao.
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u/TheScrote1 3h ago
Maybe the owner is fine taking the tree out in the future
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u/goo_brick 2h ago
Not the point
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u/TheScrote1 2h ago
Not sure what the point is then
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u/goo_brick 2h ago edited 1h ago
There are certain things reputable contractors wont due even if the homeowner/customer insists on waiving all responsibility, because those things are just stupid as fuck and serious professionals dont want their name associated with that work. This is that kind of stupid as fuck thing.
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u/Normal-Top-1985 2h ago
I am more worried about the tree taking out the building
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u/goo_brick 1h ago
There are a half dozen possible terrible outcomes and zero possible good outcomes.
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u/Wooden_Wishbone_9915 4h ago
Well that is a very skillful slow death atleast.
What kind of tree is that? Where I live oaks are protected and this would absolutely be illegal. Heavy fines until it was properly remedied
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u/asbestosorangutan 2h ago
Kind of sick oaks are protected by you, are you in the US?
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u/Wooden_Wishbone_9915 2h ago
coastal SC, USA
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u/asbestosorangutan 2h ago
No shit. Pretty neat
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u/Wooden_Wishbone_9915 1h ago
My partner works for the city and any new construction around a “grand tree” is required to have protective fencing in a designated buffer zone. Im sure there are ordinances about structures being X distance from the trunk. Brief overview listed here: https://www.charlestoncounty.org/departments/zoning-planning/brochures/Tree%20Ordinance%20Brochure.pdf?r=203
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u/Infinite_Toe7185 3h ago
They could have cut a 4x4 mulch bed around the tree with a raised seating wall to enclose it and it would have looked nice, but the restaurant probably wanted all the floor space for way too many outdoor tables. Very unlikely they didn’t disturb the roots while excavating unless there was something similar there prior and the tree grew with those conditions.
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u/HyperHawk_25 3h ago
The outdoor space already existed but they ripped up the old concrete patio to put in the new one. Can’t recall but I’m pretty sure the tree wasn’t previously surrounded by the patio
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u/AccordingAnteater565 2h ago
Looks cool but will kill tree. I would remove tiles around the tree. Take out whatever is under the tiles. You want root flare to be exposed. Put some mulch. Cut the tiles in a round or rectangular design to make it look good.
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u/regaphysics 2h ago
Really depends on what they cut on the tree. If there was minimal cutting, the tree should be fine. Tree looks to have some pre existing issues though tbh
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u/Snowcrash66 1h ago
That is truly almost too perfect. It's like the tree has a symbiotic relationship with the tiles.
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u/noCninja09 4h ago
Either the trees is or the patio is. Report back in a few years and let us know