Where space allows, a tree can be felled at ground level; though more often than not, it will need to be taken down carefully in what is known as ‘dismantling’, where the tree is taken apart, piece by piece to avoid damage to surrounding property.

Tree felling can be the most difficult of operations and sometimes a tree will have to be dismantled piece by piece and in line with British Standards 3998 (2010) Recommendations for Tree work states; “Where support and pruning are considered inadequate to reduce a risk to a reasonable level, the only option [might] be to fell the tree and establish a new tree on the same or a nearby site.”