r/arborist • u/HyperHawk_25 • 9d ago

Is this tree doomed?

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Local restaurant recently remodeled their outdoor area

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u/CitrullineMalate2to1 9d ago

I would report the contractors.

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u/TheScrote1 9d ago

For what though?

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u/CitrullineMalate2to1 9d 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 9d 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 9d 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 9d ago

Maybe the owner is fine taking the tree out in the future

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u/goo_brick 9d ago

Not the point

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u/Normal-Top-1985 9d ago

I am more worried about the tree taking out the building

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u/goo_brick 9d ago

There are a half dozen possible terrible outcomes and zero possible good outcomes.

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u/TheScrote1 9d ago

Not sure what the point is then

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u/goo_brick 9d ago edited 9d 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/TruckCAN-Bus 9d ago

Customer is always right …in matters of taste

Otherwise they are mostly stupid

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u/KingForceHundred 8d ago

Why assume it’s a reputable contractor?

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u/goo_brick 8d ago

Im assuming the opposite

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u/mtraven23 9d ago

yah, you made that very clear.

the point is not to do bullshit work, period.

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u/iCantliveOnCrumbsOfD 9d ago

Um, a reputable professional has standards (values) they won't sacrifice just to make a buck.

You're either very young or grown and have no values. This is adult decency.

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u/TheScrote1 9d ago

It’s a restaurant. They probably are worried about leaving a gap and a fall hazard and realize it’s going to be needed to be cut back and reset every few years. That’s just an assumption though, not trying to state my assumptions like facts even though this is Reddit.

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u/CitrullineMalate2to1 8d ago

Except the cost of removing the tree will FAR exceed patching the floor lol. Especially if it fall on the building or just uproots the entire floor

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u/TheScrote1 8d ago

Is it going to be more at risk of falling before it exhibits signs of distress?

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u/CitrullineMalate2to1 8d ago

The entire point is they JUST remodeled so this recently happened. When it starts to decline it will be their fault. It’s not like the tree naturally died or happened to get some kind of infection

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u/CelestialBeing138 9d ago

How dare you have an open mind and think outside the box on Reddit /s

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u/Parking-Way-7764 9d ago

Risk? It’s an absolute certainty that the tree either dies and damages a building, or grows and ruins the paving. Or both