Privet hedge problem

has bean -
1. No, householder doing it myself. Want to get the hedge out before getting a fence erector in (to save costs).
2. no deadline
3. Concreting I should think.

 

Sawdox,

I dont think you would be popular if you tried to kill it off before taking it out. Glyposphate needs to be taken through the whole plant before it works. Often rquires a second hit. The hedge would look disgusting for several months.

You could cut down to the ground, put up the fence and then spray all regrowth. Might work but wouldn't make it easy to erect the fence accurately (eg getting it level and close to ground). I dont think you would be happy with the outcome.

The best way will be to clear the ground - it will pay you in the long term. It will also enable you to use the ground again.

All been said before.

I assume its your hedge and not a joint boundary!

If its become too much to handle - I assume to big or its old and tatty, Why not cut it down to the ground, give it a feed and keep the large amount of regrowth under control. It will be the easiest option and cheapest. The amount spend on new fencing could be spend on a hegde trimmer and shredder. A neat compact privet hegde, trimed regualary and kept compact will look good. Cutting it down to the ground will also get rid of those bare spots at the base.

 

GQT back in 2001

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/gqt/fsheets/06_05_01/fsheetsq4.shtml

 

It is a boundary hedge actually!

 

As an addition to all this info, can someone give me some advice on waste clearance - there's a lot of privet to dispose of! Is there much difference in price in hiring a skip and getting one of those fellas with a truck to come and collect it all?
thanks

 

I've just wondered about hiring a van for the day and taking the hedge to the recycling village. Do van hire firms not mind what you transport in their vans?

 

Have young got space to compost it? Hiring a chipper for the day would be cheapest, I reckon - provided you have got space to make a pile round-the-back somewhere for a year, then you can use it as a mulch on the flower beds etc. Or maybe a neighbour has a chipper and can make-a-pile?

 

thanks Kristen but I haven't really got room for the pile. Need to dispose of it really.

 

" I haven't really got room for the pile"

Sell it on eBay then. Someone will probably pay you to take it away for you :hehe: :lollol:

 

I've never hired a van before. Do I have to provide my own insurance or does that come in with the hire price?

 

They have criteria you have to comply with-age and driving convictions, but they provide insurance.

 

They will usually offer you "extra 3rd party insurance". Worth checking if you are already covered for that ... otherwise when you get there you will probably feel you need to have it, and it bumps up the cost.

 

I was going to start this project on Monday but I've just had another thought - will the ground be too hard for digging?